Post Office – Centralia WA
Date added: December 6, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
The post office in Centralia was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.
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Toy Workshop – Centralia WA
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
A WPA press release reported a WPA toy workshop project in Centralia, Washington in Dec. 1937: “Old Kris Kringle is getting some valuable help in Centralia. where a staff of 15 women are busy making new toys and repairing old… read more
Post Office Mural – Centralia WA
Date added: December 6, 2012; Modified: December 30, 2014
The post office contains a 1938 Section of Fine Arts mural by Kenneth Callahan entitled “Industries of Lewis County.” “Callahan, one of the founders of the Northwest School (a Pacific Northwest art movements) served as a curator at the Seattle… read more
Salzer Creek Flood Control – Centralia WA
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: November 25, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that “45 unemployed will be put to work on a flood control project in the Salzer Creek Valley, Lewis County, under a $10,965 [WPA] allotment.” The aim of the project was to… read more
6th St. Overpass – Centralia WA
Date added: December 3, 2012
“The overpass on 6th Street was a project funded by the state and Works Progress Administration (WPA). The overpass allowed cars and trucks to go over the railroad tracks. Centralia was an important logging and coal-mining town. The bridge improved… read more