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Date added: October 5, 2010
"In 1937, the three-acre site at 29th Avenue and Lawton Street was bought for $50,676 and began as a playground. Built by the Recreation Department and the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration), Sunset Playground opened in 1940 with a small field… read more
Date added: October 5, 2010
This WPA bas-relief “CCC Workers” was carved for the school by Donal Hord in 1933. It shows CCC workers engaged in a variety of activities. The relief adorns the south entrance of the school auditorium. It has recently been restored… read more
Date added: October 5, 2010
This cast stone sculpture by Donal Hord was funded by the PWAP in 1934. The sculpture depicts a man crouching behind a wheel filled with gears and is variously known as “Man and the Wheel” or “Wheel of Industry” or… read more
Date added: October 5, 2010
"Joann Larkey and Shipley Walters, in their 1987 Yolo County: Land of Changing Patterns noted (p. 84) that the WPA had been active, spending $65,000 in 1936-1937 alone in the county (for roads, sidewalks/curb/gutter, public buildings, and landscaping)… Road improvements… read more
Date added: October 5, 2010
WPA projects in Knights Landing included sidewalks, curbs, gutters, a Boy Scout cabin, and, in 1936, a two-room addition to the school.
Date added: October 5, 2010
"Winters also got $10,000 in 1933 for curbs/gutters, for a water system upgrade, and for rural conservation and irrigation improvements; the WPA in 1940 also helped clean up the towns creek after flooding."
Date added: October 5, 2010
The WPA built walks, curbs and gutters in Zamora. Cement sidewalks were laid from Union School north to US 99 and east around the block of homes.
Date added: October 5, 2010
The WPA installed sidewalks, curbs and gutters in Dunnigan's Old Town. Most are stamped WPA/1940 on Main, First, Second, and Hayes.
Date added: October 5, 2010
“In 1921, the County provided funds to purchase the Park property and a token sum was provided by the City for construction along with a quantity of locally donated labor and funds until 1931. As the Great Depression began to… read more
Date added: October 2, 2010
This is a small two lane bridge where Hicks Road crosses Rincom Creek near the border between Los Gatos and San Jose. The bridge boasts a WPA cements stamp and the date 1940.
Date added: October 2, 2010
This plain concrete bridge in Davenport was built by the WPA in 1940 and still boasts a very visible WPA stamp.
Date added: October 2, 2010
Burbank Elementary School was built in 1939 by the WPA. It was the only WPA school built by the city of Modesto. It began as a small school with only two rooms and has been built up from there.
Date added: October 2, 2010
New Deal workers constructed "early flood-control, sewage and water systems" in Sonoma County.
Date added: September 26, 2010
The WPA built the Stanislaus Forestry Headquarters in the 1930s.
Date added: September 26, 2010
Although the hatchery was in place at least by 1930, a 1940 publication by a WPA administrator lists the WPA as having worked on the site during the 1930s. The hatchery does not seem to be in use any longer…. read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
