Washington Park Zoo – Milwaukee WI
Date added: October 5, 2012
The WPA constructed new buildings and made improvements to existing zoo facilities. They built a new elephant house. The zoo no longer exists at this location.
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The WPA constructed new buildings and made improvements to existing zoo facilities. They built a new elephant house. The zoo no longer exists at this location.
Date added: October 4, 2012
“When federal funds became available under the Civil Works Administration (CWA), with only three weeks of planning time Milwaukee city and county officials developed projects to employ 26,000 workers in the winter of 1933-34 doing landscaping, road grading, street repair… read more
Date added: October 4, 2012
“A large outdoor swimming pool was constructed at Greenfield Park by the WPA to serve the western part of the community. The water supply was obtained from a deep well, pumped into small lagoons, or warming basins, where it was… read more
Date added: October 2, 2012; Modified: October 2, 2012
“Virgin white pine of northeastern Wisconsin attracted early settlers to northern Oconto County. When the virgin forests were depleted, the rocky, sandy soil and the northern climate proved too hard to make a living. Marginal farms were abandoned and the… read more
Date added: October 2, 2012; Modified: October 2, 2012
“In 1936, CCC and WPA workers gathered on a scruffy piece of logged off timberland to build the Franklin Lake Campground… CCC enrollees from Camp Ninemile in Vilas County worked with the National Park Service to create landscape, trails, roads,… read more
Date added: October 1, 2012; Modified: October 1, 2012
The WPA constructed buildings and did ground work at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds.
Date added: February 19, 2012; Modified: October 1, 2012
“WPA workers leveled sites for 750 homes in the Village of Greendale, an experimental “garden” community built from 1935 to 1938. The WPA’s labor intensive work using horses, carts and plows contrasted with the modern technology used by skilled craftsmen… read more
Date added: August 27, 2012; Modified: August 27, 2012
“Originally constructed in 1937 with assistance from the WPA, the Madison Municipal Airport was renamed Truax Field during World War II to honor Tommy Truax, a local air cadet killed during a training accident.” The airport is now also known… read more
Date added: February 29, 2012; Modified: August 23, 2012
“In Brown Deer Park the lagoon was enlarged during the WPA program, and a pavillion of English design utilizing stone and timber was constructed in the side of a hill overlooking the lagoon. A stone-faced arch bridge was built.” The… read more
Date added: August 22, 2012; Modified: August 22, 2012
“Milwaukee County PWA Construction Projects-addition to Cumberland School in Whitefish Bay.”
Date added: August 22, 2012; Modified: August 22, 2012
“Distinguished by its decorative brickwork, turrets, and battlemented parapets, the Shorewood Department of Public Works Administration Building was constructed in 1936 with funding from the federal government’s Works Progress Administration.”
Date added: August 22, 2012; Modified: August 22, 2012
The PWA built this village hall in the incorporated community of River Hills.
Date added: August 22, 2012; Modified: August 22, 2012
“As described later by the Park Commission, ‘One of the largest projects, which involved the services of almost 2,000 men and many pieces of equipment was located at Lincoln Park. The Milwaukee River at this originally made a complete S-turn… read more
Date added: August 22, 2012; Modified: August 22, 2012
A PWA project.
Date added: August 22, 2012
“Milwaukee County PWA Construction Project-addition to Riverside High School.”