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
Date added: April 30, 2022; Modified: May 17, 2022
A major upgrade of facilities at the Petrified Forest National Monument (now National Park) was undertaken by the New Deal in the 1930s. The work was carried out from 1933 to 1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), under the… read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Date added: April 30, 2022; Modified: May 11, 2022
The Painted Desert Inn was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working under the National Park Service (NPS), with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA). They completely rebuilt a private inn called the Stone Tree House, which… read more
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
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
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
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