Lincoln Memorial Drive – Milwaukee WI
Date added: August 22, 2012; Modified: August 22, 2012
Lincoln Memorial Drive was completely repaved by the WPA between 1935 and 1941.
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Lincoln Memorial Drive was completely repaved by the WPA between 1935 and 1941.
Date added: March 4, 2012; Modified: August 22, 2012
The WPA built a new shelter and recreation center at Smith Park.
Date added: July 14, 2012; Modified: July 21, 2012
An addition to the Cudahy High School was built as a Milwaukee County PWA construction project.
Date added: July 14, 2012; Modified: July 21, 2012
Public Works Administration-funded contractors built the Cooper School in Greenfield, WI.
Date added: March 4, 2012; Modified: June 10, 2012
"The most visible legacy of WPA projects in Milwaukee County was the parks system, which had more construction and landscaping during the WPA period than any other time in its history. WPA construction included six swimming pools, pavilions at Red… read more
Date added: January 31, 2012; Modified: June 4, 2012
The WPA and the CCC carried out extensive development projects in Whitnall Park. including the Botanical Garden administration building and the golf course club house, as well as extensive landscaping. "Whitnall Park originally consisted of 606 acres. Purchased at a… read more
Date added: March 5, 2012
"The Parklawn Housing Project, Milwaukee, WI was built by the WPA. Part of the philosophy was to incorporate art with mixed income families. There are two sculptures entitled "Fishing" and "Music" still extant done by WPA artists in the central… read more
Date added: March 5, 2012
Myron Nutting painted murals for the Milwaukee Public Museum (a natural history museum) in the early 1930s.
Date added: March 5, 2012
Built in 1937 by the WPA.
Date added: March 4, 2012
"The most visible legacy of WPA projects in Milwaukee County was the parks system, which had more construction and landscaping during the WPA period than any other time in its history. WPA construction included six swimming pools, pavilions at Red… read more
Date added: February 22, 2012
The PWA built an addition to Wauwatosa High School.
Date added: February 21, 2012
"Parklawn, a 42-acre tract with the main entrance at W. Hope Ave. and N. Sherman Blvd., is a low-cost Government housing project. Two thousand men, women and children liver here at moderate rental fees. Built by the Public Works Administration,… read more
Date added: February 19, 2012
"This building is approximately 256 by 388 feet. It contains administrative offices, library, auditorium seating 1,000, double gymnasium, and classrooms for art, music, biology, general science, mechanical drawing, printing, woodworking, and metal working, a study hall seating 200, 25 classrooms,… read more
Date added: February 19, 2012
"Founded in 1911, Devil's Lake is the third oldest state park in Wisconsin, the largest, and the most visited. Devil's Lake offers magnificent views from 500-foot quartzite bluffs overlooking a 360-acre lake. Enjoy lakeshore picnic areas, sandy swimming beaches, 29… read more
Date added: February 19, 2012
"In the early 1930s the success of the Eau Claire Bears, a "farm" team affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, encouraged Eau Claire to apply to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to fund recreational improvements in Carson Park. The centerpiece of… read more