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    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.

    Currie Park Quarry – Wauwatosa WI

    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

    Greenfield Park Swimming Pool – West Allis WI

    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

    Chute Pond Dam

    Chute Pond Dam – Mountain WI

    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

    Franklin Lake Campground – Eagle River WI

    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

    Greendale Village Hall

    Village of Greendale – Greendale WI

    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

    Truax Field

    Dane County Regional Airport – Madison WI

    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

    Brown Deer Boathouse

    Brown Deer Park – Milwaukee WI

    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

    Shorewood Department of Public Works Building

    Department of Public Works Building – Shorewood WI

    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.”

    Lincoln Park

    Lincoln Park – Milwaukee WI

    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