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Date added: March 4, 2014; Modified: June 9, 2018
Macleay Park, a 130-acre portion of the City of Portland’s enormous Forest Park, was the site of Works Progress Administration (WPA) works projects during the mid-1930s. WPA workers built several miles of trails, access roads, and comfort stations, improving a park… read more
Date added: January 3, 2015; Modified: June 9, 2018
Collaborating with the Portland Public Schools, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a 1000 seat stadium for Jefferson High School in the summer of 1941. The $14,000 project (1941 dollars) consists of an uncovered structure with restroom and concession facilities… read more
Date added: January 10, 2014; Modified: November 5, 2017
Built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Musick Guard Station was used to house fire crews. Like many other guard stations, the Musick Guard Station was rented out to the public in the 1990s. The Guard Station is… read more
Date added: October 16, 2017; Modified: October 25, 2017
The Dead Indian Soda Springs Shelter was built in 1936 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) on the Ashland Ranger District of the Rogue River National Forest. The structure is significant for its association with the CCC activities in… read more
Date added: October 16, 2017; Modified: October 25, 2017
Built in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps company quartered at Camp South Fork, the Parker Meadows Shelter is typical of “rustic” style trail shelters or fire guard shelters constructed on the National Forest during the period. Constructed along an… read more
Date added: January 3, 2015; Modified: August 15, 2017
Portland’s morning newspaper, The Oregonian, announced in late January 1936 that the city’s Seawall Railing was nearing completion, bringing with it a harbor line that was “beautified and protect(ed).” The ornamental, reinforced concrete railings added 3 ½ feet to the… read more
Date added: August 4, 2017; Modified: August 4, 2017
As part of war efforts, “on 26 February 1941, the FCC received funding to launch the ‘Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service,’ the first name for FBIA. The service began its monitoring duties [in Washington, DC] at 316 F Street, NE. On… read more
Date added: June 6, 2017; Modified: June 8, 2017
From 1939 to 1940 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) made improvements and built additions to Gresham High School in Gresham, Oregon, just east of Portland. The additions included a gym, an agricultural building, the north wing of the classrooms, and an auditorium. Michael Schaefer, Gresham… read more
Date added: May 18, 2017; Modified: May 18, 2017
The Western Construction News of June 1937 notes REA work in rural South West Oregon. ” The REA has alloted $108,000 to the Blachly-Lane County Cooperative Electric Association, Blachly Oregon, for construction of 87 miles of transmission lines in Lane… read more
Date added: May 9, 2017; Modified: May 9, 2017
In 1933, the Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the State of Oregon, investigated the possibility of developing a storage structure on Burnt River to provide a late summer water supply. The project was constructed following the plan developed from… read more
Date added: May 8, 2017
Also known as Dillard Bridge, the original South Umpqua River Bridge was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project in 1939. The bridge has since been replaced.
Date added: July 3, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The fish hatchery we see wasn’t begun until 1929, and from then on it slowly grew in size. The first major improvements were made during the 1930s by men who came up from the Klamath Falls camp of the Civilian… read more
Date added: June 16, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
New Deal post office constructed in 1936.
Date added: January 29, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office in Newberg, Oregon was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
Date added: January 4, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office building in Lakeview, Oregon was constructed between 1938 and 1940 with federal funds. The building is still in use today.