Eureka City Lake – Eureka KS
Date added: October 25, 2022
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built. the Eureka Fishing Lake in 1938.
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Ackerman Island Removal – Wichita KS
Date added: October 23, 2022
Ackerman Island was an island in the middle of the Arkansas River. In the early 1900s the land had been developed as an amusement park, but by the late 1920s it had fallen into disuse. Works Progress Administration workers widened… read more
Woodson State Fishing Lake – Toronto KS
Date added: October 17, 2022
Woodson State Fishing Lake was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps near Toronto KS.
Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative – Horton KS
Date added: October 9, 2022
First Rural Electrification Administration (REA) program in Kansas is remembered today with a state highway marker in Horton KS. “First REA Project in Kansas At this site the first power pole for the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative was dedicated in special… read more
Highland Park High School Stadium – Topeka KS
Date added: October 9, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Highland Park High School Stadium in Topeka KS.
Fort Hays State University: Larks Park Baseball Stadium – Hays KS
Date added: October 1, 2022
This limestone baseball stadium, built by the Works Progress Administration in 1940, is currently owned by the city of Hays but operated by Fort Hays State University. It has been upgraded several times over the years and is now home… read more
City Hall and Auditorium – Leoti KS
Date added: September 7, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the City Hall and Auditorium in Leoti KS. According to Kansas Historical Society, “The Municipal Auditorium & City Hall located at 201 N 4th Street in Leoti was constructed as a WPA project using… read more
High School Auditorium and Gymnasium (Former) – Baldwin City KS
Date added: September 3, 2022
The Auditorium and Gymnasium is an addition to Baldwin High School built by the Works Progress Administration. Construction on the $72,000 project stopped in 1942 when WPA workers were pulled away to work on a site in Lawrence. The gymnasium… read more
Kansas State Fairgrounds Improvements – Hutchinson KS
Date added: August 29, 2022
Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers built the Bison Arena at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. Other WPA-built improvements included “upgrading the fair’s sewer, rebuilding the Old Mill ride with permanent fireproof concrete, and putting in a reinforced concrete stage and basement… read more
Lenexa Municipal Water System – Lenexa KS
Date added: August 24, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Lenexa Municipal Water System in Lenexa KS. “Establishing a municipal water system occupied the mayor and council for sometime, and it was approved on October 1, 1935. A federal PWA… read more
Big Pool Additions – Garden City KS
Date added: August 23, 2022
Big Pool opened in Garden City KS in 1922. The Works Progress Administration added a bath house and a children’s wading pool.
Great Plains Shelterbelts – Cimarron KS
Date added: August 15, 2022
Shelterbelts were natural windbreaks planted to protect land from the dust storms of the 1930s. The Great Plains Shelterbelts spans several states. The agency that started the project is unknown to the Living New Deal, but the project was transferred… read more
Water Tower (replaced) – Barnard KS
Date added: August 4, 2022
The Work Projects Administration (WPA) constructed a distinctive octagonal, concrete water tower in Barnard, Kansas. It was located east of Main Street between Church Ave. and Mills Ave. Conflicting sources state that the water tower was completed in either 1937,… read more
Grange Hall Renovations – Edgerton KS
Date added: August 4, 2022
Edgerton Grange Hall was built in 1904. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) remodeled it in the late 1930s, presumably to accommodate electricity.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium (demolished) – Wichita KS
Date added: August 4, 2022
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, originally Lawrence Stadium, was a baseball stadium built by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) in 1934. Home to minor league baseball and National Baseball Congress tournament for many years. It was demolished in 2018 to make room for… read more