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Hide Search OptionsDate added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“Work is expected to start November 11 [1937] to provide proper drainage for Tanwax and Kroger farm-to-market roads in Pierce County at an expenditure of $6,000 of which the WA supplies all but $40. The work consists of removing slides,… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“Rehabilitation of the athletic field and school grounds at Washougal is also expected to begin on December 4 [1937]. The work will consist of grading the field, building a tennis court, cinder track, bleachers and sidewalks. The cost will be… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“Improvement of Leverich Park in the City of Vancouver, slated to begin December 4, with $42,262 made available from WPA funds, calls for the construction of a grandstand, ticket booth, dressing rooms, showers, comfort stations and a tennis court. Also… read more
Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014
“Uncle Sam’s fighting men, stationed at the Army barracks at Vancouver, Wash., will have special cause for celebration next Fourth of July [1938], for the day before is expected to see completion of WPA repairing and general improvement work scheduled… read more
Date added: June 3, 2014; Modified: June 3, 2014
In December 1935 the WPA approved $140,680 for a “Manito sewer project and lateral sewers” in Spokane, Washington. Spokane’s Daily Chronicle detailed the locations of these sewer projects. The lateral sewer project was allocated $90,080 by the WPA and involved… read more
Date added: June 2, 2014; Modified: June 2, 2014
In December 1935 the WPA approved $140,680 for a “Manito sewer project and lateral sewers” in Spokane, Washington. Spokane’s Daily Chronicle detailed the locations of these sewer projects. The primary ‘Manito’ sewer project, located largely within the present neighborhood of… read more
Date added: December 6, 2012; Modified: February 10, 2014
The post office contains a 4′ x 24′ 1938 Section of Fine Arts oil-on-canvas mural by Ernest Norling entitled “Northwest Logging.” The mural was restored in 1994-95. “Norling completed two Washington State Post Office murals during the New Deal period,… read more
Date added: December 6, 2012; Modified: June 26, 2013
The post office contains a 1940 Section of Fine Arts carved wooden relief by Donlon P. McGovern entitled Lewis and Clark.
Date added: June 26, 2013
“This major attraction at Camp Long was designed by Clark Schurman. His dream was to build a human-made mountain incorporating every potential rock climbing problem into its design. After taking a winter to make a clay model of the rock,… read more
Date added: May 22, 2013; Modified: May 22, 2013
“With support from the local communities and the state, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a museum at the park in 1938. The Sacajawea Museum was built to display Native American artifacts from the tribes of the Columbia Plateau. The… read more
Date added: May 21, 2013
This five room building was built by the WPA in 1938-1939.
Date added: December 6, 2012; Modified: December 6, 2012
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural by Douglas Nicholson, Beginning of a New World, 1941, Egg Tempera on Wall. “A California artist, Nicholson traveled to Washington to complete the mural in person. Approximately 5′ x 13′… read more
Date added: December 3, 2012
“The overpass on 6th Street was a project funded by the state and Works Progress Administration (WPA). The overpass allowed cars and trucks to go over the railroad tracks. Centralia was an important logging and coal-mining town. The bridge improved… read more
Date added: December 3, 2012
One of many PWA and WPA projects in Washington state: “$314,768 was allocated for the replacement and repairing of 11 bridges in Tacoma/ Pierce County. All of the bridges were either already shut down or were scheduled to be shut… read more
Date added: December 3, 2012; Modified: December 3, 2012
This bridge is one of many PWA and WPA projects in Washington state: “The Purdy Bridge crosses Henderson Bay near Tacoma. Like the McMillin Bridge, it was an example of Hollow Box construction. The main span of the bridge is… read more