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An auditorium/gym construction project in Ulysses, Kansas was undertaken with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided a $22,725 grant for the project, whose total cost was $52,847. The exact location and status of the facility is presently unknown… read more
Date added: February 14, 2018; Modified: February 14, 2018
The Shelter House/Chapel was constructed with native limestone in 1937 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) project and renovated in 1984. The one-story, asymmetrical Mission-style chapel now houses the cemetery office. Oriented west, the building features an L-shaped… read more
Date added: February 5, 2018
Designed by Overend and Boucher of Wichita, the historic Kearny County Courthouse in Lakin, Kansas was constructed in 1938-9 as a Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (a.k.a. Public Works Administration—PWA) project, one of several P.W.A. county courthouses in Kansas. The P.W.A…. read more
Date added: February 5, 2018
A high school in Manter, Kanas was constructed in 1934-5 with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The facility is still in service, part of a greater high school campus. The P.W.A. supplied a $20,623 grant for the project, whose total cost… read more
Date added: February 3, 2018; Modified: February 4, 2018
Designed by Overend and Boucher of Wichita, the historic Hamilton County Courthouse in Syracuse, Kansas was constructed in 1937 as a Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (a.k.a. Public Works Administration—PWA) project, one of several P.W.A. county courthouses in Kansas. The… read more
Date added: February 4, 2018
The historic former post office building in Liberal, Kansas was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building presently houses offices for the Board of Education for Liberal.
Date added: January 20, 2018
The National Youth Administration completed improvements for the school building in Scott City, Kansas. Pictured is a postcard postmarked 1946, showing a sign in front of the building that reads “Kansas NYA Project.”
Date added: September 8, 2017; Modified: September 8, 2017
In 1939, a dead-end wall was constructed on 2nd Street in Salina, Kansas by youths who were employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA). The NYA was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that focused on training, employing,… read more
Date added: September 8, 2017; Modified: September 8, 2017
In 1939, a dead-end wall was constructed on 3rd Street in Salina, Kansas by youths who were employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA). The rock wall at the south end of 3rd Street bears an NYA plaque. The NYA… read more
Date added: September 8, 2017; Modified: September 8, 2017
In 1939, a dead-end wall was constructed in Salina, Kansas in an area that now sits behind Salina Community Theater. The wall was built by youths who were employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA). The NYA was a division… read more
Date added: September 8, 2017; Modified: September 8, 2017
In 1939, a dead-end wall was constructed at the south end of Columbia Avenue in Salina, Kansas by youths who were employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA). The NYA was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that… read more
Date added: September 8, 2017; Modified: September 8, 2017
In 1939, a dead-end wall was constructed at the south end of Penn Avenue in Salina, Kansas by youths who were employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA). The NYA was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that focused… read more
Date added: September 8, 2017; Modified: September 8, 2017
In 1939, a rock wall was constructed along Kenwood Park Drive in Salina, Kansas by youths who were employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA). The NYA was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that focused on training,… read more
Date added: September 8, 2017; Modified: September 8, 2017
In 1939, a dead-end wall was constructed at the south end of Kansas Avenue in Salina, Kansas by youths who were employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA). The NYA was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that focused… read more
Date added: September 8, 2017
Atop the hill that is now known as Coronado Heights Park sits an iconic castle, picnic areas, and restrooms that were constructed by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. Indeed in 1936 the Lindsborg Historical Society sold… read more