Toledo Heights Branch Library – Toledo OH
Date added: October 13, 2017; Modified: September 26, 2019
“In 1935, this English Tudor style branch was built with the aid of a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant.”
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Main Library – Toledo OH
Date added: October 13, 2017; Modified: November 8, 2017
The magnificent main library building in Toledo, Ohio was constructed with the aid of multiple New Deal agencies: the Public Works Administration (PWA), which supplied a large grant to the city for construction, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which supplied labor. The… read more
Ottawa Park Amphitheater – Toledo OH
Date added: October 13, 2017
“The historic Amphitheater in Ottawa Park was WPA constructed in 1935-1936. It is located on a sloping piece of ground surrounded by trees in a bird sanctuary section of the park. The 500 tons of stone came from a quarry… read more
Glass Bowl Stadium, University of Toledo – Toledo OH
Date added: November 6, 2014; Modified: August 4, 2016
“Originally known as University Stadium, [University of Toledo’s Glass Bowl football stadium] was built in 1936 at a cost of only $335,000 as a Works Progress Administration project. Originally the natural seating bowl held 8,000 in two sideline grandstands. There… read more
Old Orchard Elementary School – Toledo OH
Date added: January 9, 2012; Modified: January 20, 2015
"This school is 1 unit of a P.W.A. docket which included 18 new school buildings and repairs to 35 others. Its site is large and provides ample playground space. The building accommodates 480 pupils. It has a central auditorium-gymnasium flanked… read more
Toledo Zoo Reptile House and Murals – Toledo OH
Date added: November 8, 2013; Modified: January 10, 2015
The Reptile House was the first of five buildings constructed by the WPA at the Toledo Zoo. These buildings are still in use today. FAP artist Forrest “Woody” LaPlante was one of three muralists who painted botanical backgrounds in each… read more
Toledo Zoo – Toledo OH
Date added: January 14, 2014; Modified: January 14, 2014
“The Toledo Zoo is home to several buildings that were constructed during this time, including the Reptile House, the Amphitheatre, the Museum of Science, the Aquarium, and the Aviary. Not only are these buildings still in use, most of them… read more
Macomber High School – Toledo OH
Date added: January 9, 2012
"This new vocational high school is part of an extensive school construction program in Toledo which involved 19 new school buildings and repair work on many others. It is a unit for boys in the upper 3 years of high… read more