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Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
Victor Vaughan Dormitory on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. (PWA Docket No. NY [X]1559)
Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
The University of Michigan’s Kellogg Institute was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “The Kellogg Foundation, in co-operation with the School of Dentistry, formulated a plan to erect a building specially designed… read more
Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
The University of Michigan’s West Quadrangle was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “[A] proposal including a grant from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works of the federal government was… read more
Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
The University of Michigan’s Stockwell Hall was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “The building expansion plans of the University gained impetus in September 1938, when announcement was made of a grant… read more
Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
The University of Michigan’s East Quadrangle was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “Professor Lewis M. Gram, Director of Physical Plant Extension, submitted a communication to the Regents on August 22,… read more
Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
The University Health Service Building on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “The University Health Service Building, completed in 1940, is… read more
Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
Powers Hall / Keeler Union on the campus of Central Michigan University was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $119,250 grant. Construction occurred between October 1938 and 1939…. read more
Date added: November 28, 2014; Modified: November 28, 2014
Barnes Hall on the campus of Central Michigan University was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $119,250 grant. Construction occurred between October 1938 and 1939. “Barnes Hall started… read more
Date added: November 28, 2014
Goodison Hall on the campus of Eastern Michigan University was constructed in 1939 during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $156,240 grant. The residence hall, which had been constructed… read more
Date added: November 28, 2014
King Hall on the campus of Eastern Michigan University was constructed in 1939 during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $156,240 grant. (PWA Docket No. NY [X]1552)
Date added: October 29, 2014; Modified: October 30, 2014
Established in 1844 to protect the government’s interests in the region’s “Copper Boom,” Fort Wilkinson was permanently abandoned by the U.S. Army in 1870 and became a state park in 1923. Beginning in 1938, renovation of the park began under the Works… read more
Date added: August 17, 2013; Modified: September 26, 2014
The mural “St. Clair River,” installed in the lobby of the St. Clair, Michigan post office, was painted by James Calder. This was a Treasury Section of Fine Arts-funded project.
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 22, 2014
“Monkey Island, (converted to a bighorn sheep exhibit in the 1990s, and now removed as of 2010), was constructed by the Works Progress Administration in 1936.”
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
The bridge bringing King Road across Belle River in China Township, Michigan was funded with the support of New Deal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The current status of the bridge is unknown, but Living New Deal believes it has… read more
Date added: March 24, 2014
“Lake Ottawa Recreation area is in a beautiful forested northwoods setting located 5 miles southwest of Iron River, Mi., on the Iron River Ranger District. Located in the general area is Lake Ottawa, Brule Lake, Hagerman Lake, Brule River, Bass… read more