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Date added: February 7, 2018; Modified: April 10, 2024
The Public Works Administration funded improvements at the Utah State Industrial School in Ogden. Docket # 1112-R (Utah). Now called Ogden-Weber Technical College.
Date added: November 22, 2016; Modified: April 9, 2024
The historic El Monte Clubhouse in Ogden, Utah was constructed as part of a New Deal project by Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). These agencies precede the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to which the building… read more
Date added: April 24, 2014; Modified: March 23, 2024
In 1933, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp opened in Leeds, UT, at the site of a Dixie National Forest Service ranger station. Stone from Silver Reef, a nearby silver mining ghost, was used to construct the camp’s four administrative… read more
Date added: March 23, 2024; Modified: March 23, 2024
Crews from the nearby Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Leeds, UT, built the road to Oak Grove and completed the Oak Grove Campground sometime between 1933 and 1942. The campground featured a tennis court, wading pool, and playground.
Date added: August 25, 2016; Modified: March 23, 2024
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the South Campground Amphitheater in 1934-35 in typical stonework for the stage, walls, walkways and steps. Red sandstone was used in accordance with National Park Service rustic design principles. The original wood benches, set… read more
Date added: March 14, 2024
Housing of teachers had been a long-term problem at Bingham High School in the remote mining town of Copperton, Utah. School district policy required teachers live within the boundaries of the school at which they taught and teachers could not… read more
Date added: November 27, 2016; Modified: February 25, 2024
The Public Works Administration paid for a seismograph building on the campus of the University of Utah. It sat next to the old Bureau of Mines building. Both were demolished to make way for the Frederick Albert Sutton building for the… read more
Date added: February 25, 2024; Modified: February 25, 2024
The Stuart Guard Station was originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the early 1930s and was in regular use by the U.S. Forest Service for several decades thereafter. The Stuart Guard Station has a small museum right next… read more
Date added: January 27, 2023; Modified: February 20, 2024
Clearfield hosted the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot during WWII. Thus, their schools were full to bursting, and not only was Wasatch Elementary built for the Davis County School District, but several other “Emergency Schools” were built in local war housing… read more
Date added: November 23, 2016; Modified: February 7, 2024
“During the 1930s, UTNG used federal money, often supplied through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to build or expand a number of UTNG facilities. The WPA funded eight armories and several garage and storage areas for the UTNG. By 1940,… read more
Date added: November 27, 2016; Modified: December 26, 2023
The historic public library, now Kanab Heritage Museum, in Kanab, Utah was constructed by the federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) between 1939 and 1940. “The library is one of 226 buildings constructed in Utah under the WPA and is important… read more
Date added: December 19, 2016; Modified: October 13, 2023
Adams Elementary School was built in 1936 with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The design was by local architect K.C. Schaub. It is a long, single-story, brick Moderne structure with subtle bas-relief columns and minimal decoration. The Adams… read more
Date added: January 10, 2017; Modified: October 12, 2023
The Public Works Administration (PWA) helped fund a Community Building in Richmond, Utah in 1936-1937. The building cost $45,000, of which $18,000 was furnished by a PWA grant and the rest provide by the City of Richmond. It is a single-story… read more
Date added: November 24, 2016; Modified: October 10, 2023
The historic stone amphitheater on Old Main Hill at Utah State University in Logan, Utah was constructed in 1934 with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) and the USU Classes of 1925 and 1926. The amphitheater is still in… read more
Date added: January 21, 2018; Modified: October 10, 2023
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Home Economics building at the Utah State University. The structure was built in 1935-36 and designed by Leslie Hodgson & Myrl McClenahan. It is a two story, yellow brick, Moderne… read more