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    Arizona State University: Moeur Building – Tempe AZ

    Date added: May 21, 2013; Modified: November 2, 2019

    The Moeur Building was built in 1939 by the Works Projects Administration (WPA). It is the only adobe building on campus and the design is Southwest (Pueblo) Revival. The exterior is intact and well maintained, and there is a WPA… read more

    Arizona State University: Golf Course – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 14, 2017; Modified: November 2, 2019

    There is a record in the National Archives of the Public Works Administration (PWA) funding the construction of a golf course at the Arizona State Teachers College in Tempe (now the Arizona State University).  It is unclear what kind of… read more

    Arizona State University: Irish Hall – Tempe AZ

    Date added: November 2, 2019; Modified: November 2, 2019

    In 1940, the Works Program Administration (WPA) constructed the dormitory complex called Irish Hall on the south side of the campus of what was then the Arizona State Normal School, now Arizona State University. Irish Hall consists of three separate… read more

    Arizona State University: Matthews Center – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 14, 2017; Modified: November 2, 2019

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the old Matthews library building at the Arizona State Teachers College in Tempe.  It presently serves as the Matthews Center on the campus of today’s Arizona State University. The building is… read more

    Arizona State University Development – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 14, 2017; Modified: November 2, 2019

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of several new facilities at the Arizona State Teachers College in Tempe – today’s Arizona State University. The New Deal improved many college campuses, including the University of Arizona in Tucson and Phoenix… read more

    Arizona State University: West Hall – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 14, 2017; Modified: November 2, 2019

    The Public Works Administration (PWA)  funded the construction of the West Hall, a girls’ dormitory at the Arizona State Teachers College in Tempe (today the Arizona State University). “Built as the last of four dormitories that created the quadrangle, a… read more

    Arizona State University: Central Heating Plant (demolished) – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 14, 2017; Modified: November 2, 2019

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the central heating plant at the Arizona State Teachers College in Tempe (today the Arizona State University).  The site was cleared in 2019 for a large hotel-retail complex.

    Arizona State University: Cafeteria – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 14, 2017; Modified: November 2, 2019

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction a cafeteria building at the Arizona State Teachers College in Tempe (today the Arizona State University). The exact location of the cafeteria and its fate are unknown to the Living New Deal…. read more

    Papago Highway – Tempe to Scottsdale AZ

    Date added: January 3, 2018; Modified: May 6, 2018

    The Works Progress Administration carried out road construction on the Papago Highway, connecting Tempe with Scottsdale. This is possibly the road now known as N Galvin Parkway, not to be confused with the Interstate highway known as the Papago Freeway.

    Swimming Pool – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 29, 2017; Modified: March 17, 2018

    The Works Progress Administration built a Public Swimming Pool in Tempe at the “municipal park”—possibly what is now the Papago Park complex. Project # 126, circa 1936. The exact location and condition of this facility is unknown to the Living… read more

    Moeur Park – Tempe AZ

    Date added: July 31, 2012; Modified: March 17, 2018

    “Moeur Park North and South is located at the NE and SE corners of Mill Avenue and Curry Road. Moeur Park ramadas and associated structures are identified in the 1997 Tempe Multiple Resource Area Update (#255) as individually eligible for… read more

    Curry Road Paving – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 11, 2017; Modified: March 17, 2018

    The Works Progress Administration paved Curry Road in Tempe, Maricopa County, circa 1937. Pictured is a finished section of Curry Highway (presently Curry Road) at the intersection with Scottsdale Road.

    Maricopa County Welfare Sanitarium (Demolished) – Tempe AZ

    Date added: October 1, 2016; Modified: March 16, 2018

    The Civil Works Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration built the Arizona State Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Tempe, Maricopa County, in 1934. Also known as the Maricopa County Welfare Sanitarium, the facility was initially built as a 60-room sanatorium. The… read more

    Salt River Project – Tempe AZ

    Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: January 6, 2015

    The Salt River Project is the source of energy for most of this area, providing affordable electricity, and electricity in general for large geographical areas. "1935-1938: In an effort to supplement its workforce during the Depression, SRP contracted with the… read more