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Date added: December 3, 2013; Modified: December 27, 2014
“The former West Salem City Hall building was a Public Works Administration project, completed in 1936 at a cost of $30,000. This two-story Art Deco style brick building was designed by architect Lyle P. Bartholemew and served as City Hall… read more
Date added: December 5, 2014; Modified: December 8, 2014
Although the majority of the New Deal era work completed on Johnson Creek addressed the stream’s annual flooding problems, the project brought some recreational benefits as well. WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers built a fish ladder in the channel and… read more
Date added: December 5, 2014; Modified: December 5, 2014
Three different federal relief agencies took on the challenge of Johnson Creek’s annual flooding during the New Deal period, beginning with Oregon’s SERA (State Emergency Relief Agency) efforts. Responsibility for the project was transferred to the PWA (Public Works Administration)… read more
Date added: June 14, 2012; Modified: May 4, 2014
In 1935, the City of Portland Bureau of Planning approved the development of a city park to serve the Westmoreland neighborhood, which had rapidly developed during the previous twenty years without the benefit of any park or playground facilities. The… read more
Date added: June 14, 2012; Modified: March 9, 2014
At over 1,000 feet, Council Crest Park occupies the highest point in the City of Portland. From 1907 to 1929, an amusement park occupied that vantage point. Despite its superior position and streetcar access, it took eight years before the… read more
Date added: January 10, 2014
“Rim Drive is a scenic highway in Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon. It is a 33-mile (53 km) loop that follows the caldera rim around Crater Lake. Because of the its unique engineering and the surrounding park landscape,… read more
Date added: November 30, 2013; Modified: January 10, 2014
“During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration paid for work on the school’s athletic fields, with the project completed in 1936.” (wikipedia.org)
Date added: December 18, 2013; Modified: December 18, 2013
Built in 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Imnaha Guard Station is located in Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. It was originally used to house patrol and fire crews. Unlike other guard stations, the Imnaha Guard Station has been used… read more
Date added: December 18, 2013
Founded in 1937, the Museum of Contemporary Craft was originally located in 3934 SW Corbett Avenue. At the time, it was known as the Oregon Ceramic Studio and became the Contemporary Crafts Gallery in 1965. The studio was built with… read more
Date added: December 3, 2013; Modified: December 4, 2013
“The base is the home of the 142d Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard. The 142d FW participates around the globe supporting drug interdiction, USAFE air defense, as well as contingency operations such as Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and… read more
Date added: November 30, 2013; Modified: November 30, 2013
“The Multnomah County Poor Farm in Troutdale was built in 1911 to replace Multnomah County’s first home for the destitute, the Hillside Farm in Portland’s West Hills. The latter institution, which housed the poor, ill, and disabled, was inspected in… read more
Date added: November 30, 2013
“The Silcox Hut is a small rustic mid-mountain lodge located at 6,950 feet elevation on Mount Hood, Oregon, United States. It is approximately 1,000 feet vertical above Timberline Lodge and roughly one mile distance directly up the mountain. Silcox Hut… read more
Date added: November 30, 2013; Modified: November 30, 2013
“The Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin, built in 1935, is an exceptional expression of a “rugged” Rustic style U.S. Forest Service building constructed by skilled local carpenters and laborers assisted by men employed under one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s… read more
Date added: September 23, 2013
This beautiful day-use park is located along Sprague River and just north of Hwy 140 and three miles east of Bly, OR. The park was designed and built by Camp Bly CCC members.
Date added: February 19, 2013; Modified: June 26, 2013
The post office originally held an earlier version of this mural entitled “Post Ride,” funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and painted in 1936 by Paul Grellert. During renovation of the post office in the 60’s the mural… read more