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Date added: April 16, 2023
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established a camp at Elk River, Idaho, in 1933. It was designated as Camp F-133 (a Forest Service camp). Elk River is a small town in mid-panhandle Idaho, west of the Clearwater Range. The main… read more
Date added: March 22, 2023
Construction on this Public Works Administration (PWA) funded building took place in 1934 as an addition to the town’s high school (built in 1911). While retaining the New Deal era gymnasium, the current Lava Elementary School structure replaced the high… read more
Date added: November 25, 2021
In 1933, the Public Works Administration allotted $10,000 (about $203,000 in 2020 dollars) for the construction of three small schools on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation (home of five Shoshone-Bannock Tribes), one of which was the Lincoln Creek Day School…. read more
Date added: April 19, 2020
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sidewalks on North 9th East in Mountain Home ID, in 1941. A 1941 WPA placard is set in the concrete on the sidewalk at 390 North 9th East.
Date added: April 3, 2020
The structure was originally built as the headquarters of the Boise District of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The Boise District supervised CCC camps in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Currently, the building serves as a restaurant.
Date added: August 10, 2019
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Twin Falls Public Library in Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1939.
Date added: March 19, 2018
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of additions and alterations to the Bonner County Courthouse in Sandpoint in 1938-39. One source suggests that the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was involved with other related work at the building or grounds. The PWA provided a $37,650 grant… read more
Date added: January 28, 2018
The City Park Band Shell in Twin Falls, Idaho was constructed as a Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) project. Completed in 1935, the band shell is still in use.
Date added: November 3, 2017
In 1939, the Public Works Administration funded the construction of a school building in Star, Idaho. Project docket No. Idaho 1083D 3/14/39. The architect of record was Wayland & Fennel. The exact location and present status of the structure is unknown… read more
Date added: November 2, 2017
In 1939, the Public Works Administration funded the construction of a gymnasium addition to the High School in Emmett Idaho. Project Docket No. Idaho 1045D. The architect of record was Tourtellotte & Hummel. The exact location and present status of… read more
Date added: November 2, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps built camp F-42 at the Saint Joe National Forest, Idaho.
Date added: November 2, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps built a camp F-23 at Packers Meadows, Selway Forest, Idaho.
Date added: November 2, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a camp near Coeur D’Alene in Idaho. The enclosed images showing CCC enrollees at the camp were provided to the Living New Deal by Nancy Calle. Her father, John Griffith Calle, pictured in several of… read more
Date added: November 2, 2017
The Works Progress Administration built a hangar for the Pocatello Airport in Pocatello.
Date added: November 2, 2017
The Works Progress Administration built or improved a power dam in Idaho Falls in Bonneville County. The exact location of the dam is unknown to Living New Deal.