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Date added: December 12, 2015; Modified: December 12, 2015
Located on the University of Oregon campus. Work on the ornamental Dads’ Gates began in August 1940. They were formally dedicated on February 8, 1941, as part of the 14th annual Dad’s Day celebration weekend. The UO Dads Club was… read more
Date added: July 9, 2015; Modified: July 9, 2015
The WPA constructed the first nine holes of this golf course, also known as the Baker City Golf Club, in 1936. From the club website: “In 1936 the WPA started constructing the 9-hole public golf course off Indiana Avenue, in… read more
Date added: January 5, 2015; Modified: June 5, 2015
Located within the Newberry National Volcanic Monument area of the Deschutes National Forest (approximately 36 miles southeast of Bend), the Paulina Lake Guard Station was built by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employees in 1938 to house a seasonal ranger responsible… read more
Date added: January 14, 2012; Modified: March 13, 2015
Originally installed in the Burns post office, this mural was one of the Treasury Section’s 48-State Post Office Competition murals. “New Deal mural entitled “Cattle Round-Up” painted by Jack Wilkinson in 1941. When a new post office was built in… read more
Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: February 9, 2015
The oil-on-canvas mural “Trail to Oregon” was painted by Edmund J. Fitzgerald in 1938. Fitzgerald also painted murals for the Colville, Washington and Preston, Idaho post offices.
Date added: November 30, 2013; Modified: January 29, 2015
This Section of Fine Arts mural is titled “Early Mail Carriers of the West” and was painted by Rockwell Carey for the historic Newberg post office in 1937.
Date added: June 21, 2012; Modified: January 29, 2015
“As a Division of Grazing camp, [Camp Bonanza] project work was planned and supervised by DG personnel. The basic mission for the project work was to construct infrastructure in the Bonanza Grazing District to allow orderly management of the public… read more
Date added: July 18, 2012; Modified: January 29, 2015
CCC work in the area includes a picnic area, gazebo, and historic rock fireplaces as well as a guard station now used as a lodge.
Date added: December 28, 2014; Modified: January 29, 2015
The “rustic”-style Fish Lake Shelter, or “community kitchen” was constructed as part of a larger forest Service campground complex by Company 1682 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (headquartered at Camp South Fork, near Butte Falls) in the summer of 1936…. read more
Date added: January 14, 2012; Modified: January 20, 2015
"The Klamath Armory houses units of the National Guard and is used also as an auditorium for large gatherings. The over-all dimensions of the building are 134 by 173 feet, and ti contains the drill hall 70 by 110 feet,… read more
Date added: November 30, 2013; Modified: January 8, 2015
Titled “Captain Gray Entering Tillamook Bay,” this mural depicts Captain Gray, who is best known for discovery of the Columbia River in the year 1792. Four years prior to that, however, he became the first white man, on record, to… read more
Date added: June 21, 2012; Modified: January 6, 2015
“The Civilian Conservation Corps and local experienced men, under the supervision of the U.S. Forest Service, constructed the Bly Ranger Station compound between 1936 and 1942. The compound, made up of both administrative and residential buildings, continues to service and… read more
Date added: January 5, 2015; Modified: January 5, 2015
Adjacent to Portland’s International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park, the amphitheater served originally as a venue for “all ceremonies incident to the christening of roses or functions held in honor of roses in Portland”(1921). Designed to accommodate 5000 people… read more
Date added: January 2, 2015; Modified: January 3, 2015
While less famous than its contemporary, Timberline Lodge, this New Deal sponsored mountain resort also is significant as an Oregon example of WPA log architecture. The Skyliner Lodge is located in the Deschutes National Forest, west of Bend. It was… read more
Date added: January 3, 2015; Modified: January 3, 2015
Workers from the Camp Sisters Civilian Conservation Corps (Company #1454) provided the necessary labor for improvement to US Forest Service land on the south shore of Suttle Lake over a number of years (approx.. 1935-1937). The CCC workers constructed campgrounds,… read more