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Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: December 20, 2017
“City Hall, located at 90 West Broad Street, occupied (with its park) an entire block in the civic center. The five-story structure of Indiana limestone, in Greco-Roman style, was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Columbus and cost $1,700,000…. read more
Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: December 20, 2017
A massive sewer construction project was undertaken in Columbus, Ohio with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $710,000 loan and $390,000 grant toward the eventual $1,879,813 total cost of the project. Work occurred… read more
Date added: August 3, 2014; Modified: December 20, 2017
In 1937, the WPA: Converted abandoned basement area into offices. Cleaned and repainted rotunda. Landscaped surrounding grounds. Planted trees and bushes.
Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: January 6, 2015
Columbus, Ohio received a new wastewater treatment facility on Jackson Pike during the Great Depression. The facility was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The PWA supplied a $460,000 loan and $1,083,756 grant toward the eventual $4,029,946… read more
Date added: March 20, 2014; Modified: November 6, 2014
Links Magazine reports that the par-71 Ohio State University Golf Course was built “during the Depression with a grant from the WPA … [T]his strategic gem was restored in 2006 by Buckeye legend Jack Nicklaus, who returned the course to… read more
Date added: October 26, 2014; Modified: October 26, 2014
Opening its doors in 1924, the Grandview Heights Public Library moved to four different sites until arriving at its present location in 1936 where it was “built with WPA [Works Progress Administration] funds on land donated by George Cambridge Urlin,… read more