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Eads’ town hall was a 1938 WPA project. From Canyons and Plains of Southeast Colorado: On October 7, 1938 the Town of Eads held a huge celebration around the dedication of three buildings completed by WPA workers: the town hall,… read more
Date added: July 10, 2015
“In the mid-1930s, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt created a federal work relief program for the unemployed. Called the Works Progress Administration, it resulted in the construction of public works projects all over the country, including several in Boulder County. Jamestown’s Town Hall—built in 1935 with local materials… read more
Date added: July 9, 2015
The WPA completed work on this rural school outside Branson in 1937. From the website History Colorado: The 7-D School, constructed in 1936 to 1937 under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is significant for its association with President Franklin Roosevelt’s… read more
Date added: April 19, 2015; Modified: May 19, 2015
Monkey Island, built by the WPA in 1937, was the only notable New Deal addition to the Denver Zoo. It was rehabilitated in the 1950s.
Date added: May 5, 2015; Modified: May 5, 2015
“Designed by two important Colorado architects, Frank W. Frewen and Earl C. Morris, the 1939 building, with its 1957 addition, has a long association with Dr. I. E. Newsom and agricultural education at the college. From its construction in 1939… read more
Date added: May 2, 2015
The University of Northern Colorado received WPA support for at least two projects: remodeling the library in 1938, and constructing an Art Deco extension for the Student Union (also known as Gray Hall) in 1939.
Date added: March 26, 2015; Modified: April 29, 2015
“The Golden Cemetery was the site of the major community effort, in concert with the Civil Works Administration and Works Progress Administration, to beautify, modernize and reclaim the cemetery grounds. Its transformation via federal public works projects during the 1930s… read more
Date added: March 27, 2015; Modified: April 27, 2015
“The Black Canyon of the Gunnison was established as a U.S. National Monument on March 2, 1933. It became a National Park on October 21, 1999. During 1933-35, the Civilian Conservation Corps built the North Rim Road to design by… read more
Date added: April 22, 2015; Modified: April 22, 2015
Hugh Weller painted these murals in 1934, with funds provided by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). The murals, depicting Marco Polo’s journey to China, are viewable in the library of East High School, over the main entrance.
Date added: April 5, 2015; Modified: April 5, 2015
“Built by Works Progress Administration volunteers in 1933, the Meadow Park Shelter House offered park-goers shady respite before the floods left it in ruins. The emergency grant allows this beloved shelter to remain and be enjoyed.” (https://www.historycolorado.org) The facility was… read more
Date added: April 21, 2013; Modified: February 18, 2015
“The N.P. Severin Company of Chicago erected the building in 1931 under the direction of James A. Wetmore, architectural supervisor for the Treasury Department. The walls of the Italian Renaissance Revival style building are of smooth-rubbed, course cut Colorado Yule… read more
Date added: October 9, 2012; Modified: February 18, 2015
Ethel Magafan painted this mural, entitled “The Horse Corral,” in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Date added: January 5, 2012; Modified: January 28, 2015
“The Arts” “The City Auditorium showcases two New Deal murals that face each other in the curved walls above the ticket counters, and explain the early dichotomy of the city. Archie Musick’s “Hardrock Miners” tells the story of the mine… read more
Date added: January 6, 2012; Modified: January 20, 2015
"Constructed in 1933-1934 as a Civil Works Administration project, the two-story building, of painted concrete housed the police station, fire department, and town clerk. Community dinners, school activities, and various other family gatherings took place in the building. No longer… read more
Date added: November 19, 2014; Modified: January 20, 2015
During the Great Depression, the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied a grant enabling development of the old sewage disposal plant in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The exact location and status of the building are presently unknown to Living New Deal…. read more