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    Shoshone Park Picnic Area – Mullan ID

    Date added: February 23, 2013; Modified: January 7, 2024

    Per the US Forest Service: “This recreation site was built by the Civilian Conservation Corp in the 1930s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Shoshone County Sportsman’s Association purchased the land and donated it to… read more

    Post office - Blackfoot ID

    Post Office – Blackfoot ID

    Date added: March 17, 2012; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The historic post office in Blackfoot, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935.  The post office building is exceptionally grand, two or three stories high, in a “Classical Moderne” architectural style.  The facade features eight bas-relief columns… read more

    Franklin County Courthouse - Preston ID

    Franklin County Courthouse – Preston ID

    Date added: October 8, 2023; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a new courthouse for Franklin County in Preston, Idaho, in 1939. The Franklin County Courthouse is a fine example of late Moderne architecture, a clean white cube with bas-relief columns and… read more

    Sign on zoo fence, Tautphaus Park - Idaho Falls ID

    Tautphaus Park and Zoo – Idaho Falls ID

    Date added: October 17, 2016; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped develop Tautphaus Park and Zoo in Idaho Falls, Idaho around 1935-36. A 2015 Idaho Falls city press release states: “In 1934, the city of Idaho Falls purchased land in Tautphaus Park, then called ‘City… read more

    Dam above Idaho Falls on the Snake River - Idaho Falls ID

    Idaho Falls Power Dam – Idaho Falls ID

    Date added: November 2, 2017; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built or improved a power dam in the city of Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Judging from the photograph on the WPA record card in the National Archives, the dam is the one across the Snake River… read more

    Airport terminal - Idaho Falls ID

    Idaho Falls Regional Airport – Idaho Falls ID

    Date added: April 3, 2015; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the original Idaho Falls airport in 1935-37. We do not know which, if any, of the historic structures remain. “In 1935, the City of Idaho Falls partnered with the Works Project Administration (WPA) to… read more

    Clubhouse, Pinecrest Golf Course - Idaho Fall ID

    Pinecrest Golf Course – Idaho Falls ID

    Date added: April 3, 2015; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The beautiful Pinecrest Municipal Golf Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1936-37. The clubhouse at Pinecrest, completed in 1937, is intact. It was built in a classic park rustic style much… read more

    Whispering Pines facility (Former Grade School) - Downey ID

    Downey Grade School (former) – Downey ID

    Date added: October 8, 2023; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) financed the construction of the Downey Grade School in 1939. The school building is a long, single-story, brick Moderne (Art Deco) structure. The former school is now a private assisted living facility called “Whispering Pines”…. read more

    Preston High School - Preston ID

    Preston Senior High School – Preston ID

    Date added: October 9, 2023; Modified: October 11, 2023

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funding for the construction of a new high school in Preston, Idaho in 1939. The school building is a long, two-story structure with two wings flanking a central entrance, and what appears to be… read more

    Post Office - Preston ID

    Post Office – Preston ID

    Date added: March 17, 2012; Modified: October 9, 2023

    The historic post office in Preston, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1939. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork  and is still in use today.

    Fitzgerald mural, "The Battle of Bear River" in post office - Preston ID

    Post Office Mural – Preston ID

    Date added: March 17, 2012; Modified: October 9, 2023

    The Post Office in Preston, Idaho, features a New Deal mural painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald. The oil-on-canvas mural is entitled “The Battle of Bear River”. It memorializes a notorious massacre of Shoshone people by a group of “California Volunteers”… read more

    Old central section and north wing, Pocatello High School - Pocatello ID

    Pocatello High School Additions – Pocatello ID

    Date added: October 17, 2016; Modified: October 8, 2023

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) financed additions and renovations to Pocatello High School (docket #1096-DS).  The school added two new classroom wings and a new gymnasium, reportedly later known as “The Pit.” Pocatello High is a beautiful example of brick… read more

    Pocatello Airport Hangar - Pocatello ID

    Pocatello Airport Hangar – Pocatello ID

    Date added: November 2, 2017; Modified: October 8, 2023

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a hangar for the Pocatello Airport in Pocatello, Idaho, in the late 1930s or early 1940s. We do not know if the hangar is still standing. Wikipedia indicates that four hangars are still standing… read more

    Main panel, front lobby mural - Blackfoot ID

    Post Office Murals – Blackfoot ID

    Date added: March 17, 2012; Modified: October 8, 2023

    The historic post office in Blackfoot, Idaho houses a magnificent example of New Deal artwork. The murals were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and installed in 1939. The tempera mural cycles are by Andrew Standing Soldier, a… read more

    Cassia County Courthouse - Burley ID

    Cassia County Courthouse – Burley ID

    Date added: October 3, 2023; Modified: October 4, 2023

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded roughly half the cost of the construction of a new courthouse for Cassia County, in Burley, Idaho. A grant of $53,000 was offered to the county in 1938 and constrution began that year. The… read more