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Date added: July 8, 2013; Modified: March 6, 2024
The Missouri State Fairgrounds have been located at this site since the start of the 20th century. The WPA did extensive work on the site in the 1930s. There were many buildings built by the WPA. The entry gates on… read more
Date added: July 8, 2013; Modified: March 6, 2024
“The Sedalia Armory is one of the few remaining WPA projects in the city, and a good example of Art-Moderne style structures, emphasizing simplified streamlined form, smoothed-faced concrete exterior walls, rounded corners and horizontal emphasis. Work began on the Armory… read more
Date added: December 15, 2012; Modified: March 2, 2024
The old post office building in Lee’s Summit is the home of an original Section of Fine Arts mural “Pastoral” painted by Ted Gilien in 1940. The building, which was purchased and used as City Hall from the 1960’s to… read more
Date added: December 15, 2012; Modified: March 2, 2024
This building was constructed as the town post office by the Treasury Department in 1939. Purchased and used as the City Hall from the 1960’s to 2006, the building is still owned by the City of Lee’s Summit but is… read more
Date added: August 5, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2024
This deep red brick building was previously the post office for Columbia. With the construction of the new post office nearby, this building was remodeled by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and housed the public library until the library moved… read more
Date added: July 9, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2024
In 1940, the Public Works Administration (PWA) financed this three-story brick building as a dormitory to house female students at Lincoln University. It is named after Libby Anthony, a “matron” of girls and an instructor in the department of domestic… read more
Date added: January 18, 2015; Modified: August 13, 2023
Four striking limestone sculptures were created by Walker Hancock as part of a Federal Art Project Commission. The work, “Courage, Vision, Sacrifice, Loyalty” was installed around the entrances to St. Louis’s historic Soldiers’ Memorial in 1939. UMSL.edu: “Walker Hancock, a St…. read more
Date added: December 15, 2011; Modified: August 13, 2023
“This building was erected as a memorial to soldiers who lost their lives in the World War. In the center hall on the first floor is a black granite cenotaph bearing the names of the soldiers. On each side is… read more
Date added: August 8, 2023; Modified: August 8, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a rural road development project in Sullivan County, Missouri: “in Duncan township from the end of present gravel road three miles south of Reger west to the Taylor Township line.” This is consistent with… read more
Date added: August 8, 2023; Modified: August 8, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a rural road project “from the farm-to-market road to Owasco” in Sullivan County, Missouri. Here, the project is assigned as Green City as the Owasco lies at the southern border of Green City’s 63545… read more
Date added: August 8, 2023; Modified: August 8, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a rural road project on what is now known as State Highway H, from Mystic to Sticklerville in Sullivan County, Missouri Here, the project is assigned as Green City as the stretch of road… read more
Date added: August 8, 2023; Modified: August 8, 2023
The Work Projects Administration (WPA) graded and graveled two miles of rural road, now known as NW 70th Road, “from Verdella to highway 43” in Barton County, Missouri. Here, the project is assigned as Liberal as the stretch of road… read more
Date added: August 8, 2023; Modified: August 8, 2023
The Work Projects Administration (WPA) conducted a sewer project in Lamar, Missouri in 1940.
Date added: August 8, 2023
The Works Progress Administration conducted improvement work at one or more school facilities in Bernie, Missouri. The work employed 19 men for four months.
Date added: August 8, 2023
The Works Progress Administration conducted improvement work at one or more school facilities in Dudley, Missouri. The work employed 15 men for two months.