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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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