Date added: July 3, 2012; Modified: April 23, 2024
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relief workers and Public Works Administration (PWA) funds contributed to construction of the Klamath Fish Hatchery during the 1930s and early 1940s. It was originally owned and run by the Klamath tribe but was bought by… read more
Date added: June 9, 2021; Modified: April 23, 2024
At a cost of approximately $28,000, the Historic West Linn City Hall was completed in July 1936 with funds provided by both a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant and loan. Local voters approved a bond measure to reimburse the loan… read more
Date added: May 13, 2023; Modified: April 23, 2024
President Roosevelt signed an executive order on December 21, 1936 to establish the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge in Lake County, Oregon. This area served the largest, remaining pronghorn antelope herd in the United States. Comprised of Hart Mountain and the… read more
Date added: January 4, 2015; Modified: April 23, 2024
The Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay was originally constructed in 1936 as the post office for what was then Marshfield, Oregon. Marshfield changed name to Coos Bay on Feb. 15, 1945. The Coos Art Museum (CAM) acquired the building… read more
Date added: January 8, 2015; Modified: April 23, 2024
Tillamook City Hall was originally constructed as Tillamook’s post office. The building was completed in 1942 and houses a New Deal mural inside. The site for the new federal post office, located across from the Tillamook County Courthouse, was acquired… read more
Date added: January 5, 2015; Modified: April 22, 2024
The Burnside Tunnel, historically referred to as the Barnes Road vehicle tunnel, improved traffic movement through Portland’s West Hills by straightening the roadway and removing steep grades. Completed in 1940, it was one of three tunnels constructed in the West… read more
Date added: January 6, 2012; Modified: March 22, 2024
Dams on the Columbia River for hydropower, navigation and irrigation had been eyed by Northwestern industrial, shipping and agricultural interests well before the New Deal. The Army Corps of Engineers published a report in 1929 that recommended ten dams on… read more
Date added: February 7, 2024; Modified: March 2, 2024
With funding from the New Deal’s Federal Art Project, C. S. Price painted a 21 x 4 foot mural for the newly constructed Pendleton Junior High School in 1937. Titled “Agriculture,” the five panel composition draws upon images of farming… read more
Date added: December 6, 2023; Modified: March 2, 2024
With Public Works Administration (PWA) funding, the Oregon Highway Department constructed Umatilla Bridge #2117, also known as the Ballpark Bridge, in 1935. Part of Highway #30 in Pendleton when constructed, Oregon’s state bridge designer Conde B. McCullough drew art deco… read more
Date added: October 4, 2023; Modified: November 6, 2023
During 1935, Civilian Conservation Corps workers made improvements to Ainsworth State Park, thirty-six miles east of Portland on the Columbia River Highway. John C. Ainsworth, former chairman of the State Highway Commission (1931-1932) donated the original forty acres for the… read more
Date added: October 4, 2023; Modified: October 7, 2023
Among the many sanitary privies constructed by Work Project Administration (WPA) employees across America from 1935-1943, two latrines remain at Mark Prairie School near Canby, Oregon. Using the concrete vault design, these simple structures represented a significant increase in public… read more
Date added: October 16, 2017; Modified: August 31, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) made extensive improvements to Lithia Park, a 100-acre park at the heart of Ashland OR, from 1935 to 1938. Lithia Park was established in the early 20th century along Ashland Creek above the main town… read more
Date added: February 19, 2013; Modified: July 26, 2023
The historic East Portland Station post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The post office houses New Deal artwork.
Date added: July 11, 2023
Located between Pendleton and La Grande, Oregon, near the summit of the Blue Mountains along Interstate -84, Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area offers an interpretation of the significance of this location on the Oregon Trail as it provides camping, picnicking,… read more
Date added: July 5, 2023
In 1934, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed Camp Emigrant Springs for their use while improving the State Park at that location. Approximately twenty-five miles southeast of Pendleton near the summit of the Blue Mountains, the park marked a historical… read more