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Date added: March 30, 2024; Modified: April 9, 2024
This monumental building was constructed in 1939 for offices of the Berwyn Township’s Public Health District. It was funded in part by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (i.e., the PWA). It was designed by Berwyn resident Vladimir Novak… read more
Date added: March 9, 2024; Modified: March 9, 2024
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) company 1672 built a camp in Elmhurst IL. “In December 1933, Elmhurst welcomed CCC company 1672. The company consisted of more than 200 army veterans, and they quickly set to work building a camp near… read more
Date added: December 17, 2013; Modified: February 29, 2024
Ilya Bolotowsky’s oil painting study for the Hall of Sciences mural at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York is today housed in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is all that remains of Bolotowsky’s mural commissioned… read more
Date added: January 20, 2012; Modified: December 1, 2023
“…the Point was a part of the famous Daniel Burnham Plan for Chicago of 1909, was developed in the 1920s and landscaped in 1937 as a WPA project by the late Alfred Caldwell… One of its major aspects is a… read more
Date added: March 11, 2014; Modified: November 2, 2023
Ivan Albright’s 1934 self-portrait is his first ever known painted self-portrait (of many to be created throughout his life). It was made as part of the PWAP’s easel painting project. He personally requested it be presented to his alma mater,… read more
Date added: September 2, 2023; Modified: October 6, 2023
The Moore Home was the home of Abraham Lincoln’s stepsister. Lincoln saw his stepmother Sarah Bush Lincoln here for the last time January 31, 1861. The Civilian Conservation Corps dismantled the dilapidated structure and reconstructed it using as much of… read more
Date added: August 19, 2023; Modified: September 15, 2023
The farm of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s father and stepmother. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reconstructed a reproduction of their cabin on the site, along with building a maintenance barn and gift shop. A CCC camp, Camp Shiloh,… read more
Date added: February 21, 2023; Modified: August 23, 2023
In early November, 1934, the Illinois Central (I.C.) Railroad contracted with the Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corporation to build the I.C.’s first streamline train, consisting of a 1,200 horsepower Diesel-electric locomotive, a mail & baggage car, two passenger coaches, and… read more
Date added: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed sidewalks and graveled streets in Dalzell, Illinois.
Date added: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a gymnasium in Crossville, Illinois. The facility was dedicated in November 1937. The location and status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: December 9, 2011; Modified: July 26, 2023
“This is one of the largest branch post offices in Chicago. It was constructed to provide for a 10-year growth in post office requirements, and the depth of the property makes possible a future enlargement of the building. The workroom… read more
Date added: February 21, 2016; Modified: July 26, 2023
The Lakeview Station post office was constructed by the Treasury sometime between 1933-1937. The date on the cornerstone is too worn to read, but Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (whose name does appear on the cornerstone) was appointed Secretary of the Treasury… read more
Date added: September 13, 2013; Modified: July 26, 2023
This federal courthouse and post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1942. The building now houses just the post office. The Treasury Section of Fine Arts also provided a mural by Wendell Jones for the new building. However,… read more
Date added: December 9, 2011; Modified: July 24, 2023
The Julia C. Lathrop Homes was one of the first federally funded public housing projects in Chicago, providing inexpensive housing to those who otherwise could not afford it. The project was an immediate success, as evident by the overwhelming amount… read more
Date added: December 9, 2011; Modified: July 24, 2023
“This is a dual-purpose building which houses three companies of the Illinois National Guard and provides much-needed office space for the State government. The site is an entire square, approximately 350 by 350 feet, opposite the State Capitol group of… read more