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Date added: March 24, 2011; Modified: March 25, 2023
The Industrial Arts (Education) building at Eureka High School was funded in part by the Public Works Administration (PWA). PWA provided 45% of the money for a set of construction projects by the Eureka Public School District, including this building…. read more
Date added: April 23, 2010; Modified: March 25, 2023
The large Eureka Municipal Auditorium was built with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1935-36. While it retains the old name, etched in bas-relief above the entrance, the building now appears to be used as a gymnasium for… read more
Date added: July 20, 2011; Modified: March 25, 2023
The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funding for the Humboldt County Public Health Building in Eureka, California, built in 1939. The building was originally the county welfare building and juvenile detention home. It is now used by the county… read more
Date added: July 28, 2015; Modified: March 24, 2023
Fort Humboldt in southwest Eureka, California, was a military outpost that helped secure northwest California for miners, settlers and the US government, from 1853 to 1867, when it was abandoned. It began to be seen as worthy of recognition and… read more
Date added: May 17, 2017; Modified: March 21, 2023
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded part or all of a major 6-mile long pipeline for the Mad River Water Supply Project. The pipeline contract was awarded the United Concrete Pipe Corporation of Los Angeles in 1937 for $775,695.] According… read more
Date added: March 28, 2014; Modified: March 21, 2023
In 1938, Thomas Laman painted five egg tempera on canvas murals for the Eureka post office and courthouse under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP). The murals depict mining, farming, railroad building, and fauna of northern California. The 0ld… read more