Select search criteria in one or more boxes (fields can be left blank), then click on SEARCH button at bottom of the page. To reduce scrolling through long lists, begin typing a name (e.g., ’Smith’ under artist, “Juneau” under state and city).

Hide Search Options

Displaying 16-30 of 263 results

    Water System Improvements – Holbrook AZ

    Date added: January 6, 2015; Modified: May 18, 2022

    A waterworks-improvement construction project in Holbrook, Arizona was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $39,000 loan and $11,000 grant; the total cost of the project was $51,845…. read more

    Geronimo Surrender Monument – San Simon AZ

    Date added: July 18, 2014; Modified: May 16, 2022

    “The Geronimo Surrender Monument commemorates the final surrender of the famous Chiricahua Apache Chief Geronimo and the last of his band to General Nelson A. Miles on September 4, 1886. That surrender marked the end of more than 20 years… read more

    Creosote Wash bridge - Cottonwood AZ

    Creosote Wash Bridge – Cottonwood AZ

    Date added: April 27, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) built the curving bridge over the Creosote Wash on North Main Street in Cottonwood AZ in the winter of 1933-34. The bridge is built of reinforced concrete with river stone cladding. The upstream side features… read more

    Citizens Cemetery Historic Marker - Prescott AZ

    Citizens’ Cemetery Boundary Wall – Prescott AZ

    Date added: April 14, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    In the winter of 1933-34, the relief workers of the Civil Works Administration (CWA) built a fine stone wall, 4-6 feet high, around the entire 6.5 acre Citizens’ Cemetery. A metal fence has been added on top of the south… read more

    Baseball grandstand, Ken Lindley Park - Prescott AZ

    Ken Lindley Park Improvements – Prescott AZ

    Date added: April 13, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The former City Park and Athletic Field (now the Ken Lindley Park) originated in 1908, but major improvements were made with relief labor provided by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) in the winter of 1933-34.  It is likely that after… read more

    Museum of Indigenous People - Prescott AZ

    Museum of Indigenous People – Prescott AZ

    Date added: August 13, 2012; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Museum of Indigenous People was constructed 1933-1935 by relief workers employed by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).  It is built of local fieldstone and flagstone in a sober, if romanticized, indigenous style. It… read more

    Facade of former National Guard Armory - Prescott AZ

    Grace Sparkes Activity Center – Prescott AZ

    Date added: April 12, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Prescott National Guard Armory was built from 1936 to 1939 by the relief workers of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Today, it is called the Grace Sparkes Activity Center and the Prescott Parks and Recreation offices are located on… read more

    WPA stamp on sidewalk, west side of N. Arizona St. - Prescott AZ

    Sidewalks on North Arizona Street – Prescott AZ

    Date added: April 14, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sidewalks on both sides of North Arizona Street where it runs through Ken Lindley Park and in front of the Museum of Indigenous People in what is now the Prescott Armory Historic District.  There… read more

    CCC Company 3342, c. 1936 - Petrified Forest National Park AZ

    CCC Camp – Petrified Forest National Park AZ

    Date added: April 30, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) first arrived in Petrified Forest National Monument in 1933, setting up camp at Rio Puerco.  There seems to have been a pause before a new company arrived in 1936 and another in 1938.  The camp… read more

    Route 66 railway underpass from the south - Flagstaff AZ

    Route 66 Railway Underpass – Flagstaff AZ

    Date added: April 23, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) and the federal Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) funded a large amount of road building around Arizona during the New Deal. One of the highway projects was an underpass for Route 66 beneath the busy… read more

    WPA stamp on sidewalk along School St. - Jerome AZ

    Sidewalks – Jerome AZ

    Date added: April 20, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was active in Jerome, a mining town hit hard by the Great Depression.  The WPA hired out-of-work miners for several projects in Jerome and nearby towns. One of those projects was building concrete sidewalks.  One… read more

    View of Jerome AZ

    Tree Planting for Hillside Stabilization – Jerome AZ

    Date added: April 20, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was active in Jerome, a copper mining town hit hard by the Great Depression.  The WPA hired out-of-work miners for several projects in Jerome and nearby towns. One of those projects was planting trees to… read more

    Upper Park viewed from across Main Street - Jerome AZ

    Upper Park – Jerome AZ

    Date added: April 21, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was active in Jerome, a copper mining town hit hard by the Great Depression.  The WPA hired out-of-work miners for several projects in Jerome and nearby towns, c. 1937-38.  One of those projects is “Upper… read more