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The post office in Ames was completed in 1935 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Lowell Houser’s 1938 mural, “The Evolution of Corn,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine… read more
Date added: May 27, 2023; Modified: May 27, 2023
The Allamakee Courthouse has helped its communities by educating, protecting and preserving the county. The courthouse serves as a spot with many departments that improve the life of those who live in the county. There are many services the courthouse… read more
Date added: July 31, 2016; Modified: March 31, 2023
“In 1938 and 1939 a Works Progress Administration project made several improvements” to Des Moines’s Glendale Cemetery, “which included improving curbing and the six miles of winding roads through the hilly property and making a two-acre lake which continues to… read more
Date added: August 25, 2012; Modified: March 25, 2023
Robert Tabor painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled “Postman in Storm,” in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the post office library.
Date added: October 27, 2022; Modified: March 6, 2023
The Public Works Administration funded the University of Northern Iowa Women’s Gymnasium Improvements and Pool Addition in Cedar Falls IA. The building now houses the university’s Innovation Teaching and Technology Center. “In August 1935, the Board of Education announced plans… read more
Date added: February 25, 2014; Modified: January 7, 2023
The Food Sciences Building courtyard contains a 1934 fountain decorated with six bas-relief panels created by artist Christian Petersen under the Public Works of Art Project: “This mural, composed of six bas relief panels flanking a central fountain, depicts the… read more
Date added: May 2, 2013; Modified: November 25, 2022
“The University of Iowa Theatre Building was completed in 1936 during the depths of the Great Depression. How did a public university in Iowa, a state hard-hit by economic collapse and unemployment, ever see fit to build a theatre at… read more
Date added: October 30, 2022; Modified: October 30, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Bremer County Courthouse in Waverly IA in 1935. The project received $60,750 from the PWA.
Date added: October 26, 2022; Modified: October 26, 2022
The Rock Valley Baseball Park was built in 1937, and the Works Progress Administration built the grandstand several years later.
Date added: July 30, 2013; Modified: October 16, 2022
The mural “Daily Bread” — currently on display at the Algona Public Library — was completed with New Deal funds in 1941. The painting by Francis Robert White, formerly in the Algona Iowa post office, moved to the Algona Public… read more
Date added: August 26, 2012; Modified: July 28, 2022
Built in 1935.
Date added: August 26, 2012; Modified: July 28, 2022
New Deal mural entitled “Arrival of the First Train” painted in 1936 by Byron B. Boyd. Excerpt from Osceola post office mural, information sheet: “The excited citizens of Osceola are hailing the arrival of the first train, a dramatic moment… read more
Date added: June 21, 2022; Modified: June 21, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Ken Locke Athletic Field (previously called the called Knoxville WPA Athletic Field) in Knoxville IA.
Date added: May 31, 2022; Modified: June 1, 2022
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory was built by CCC Camp BFI in 1936 in the vicinity of Milford IA. It is still serving as a laboratory.
Date added: May 31, 2022; Modified: May 31, 2022
Once a U.S. Federal Courthouse & Post Office, the building at 101 S 1st St. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa now serves as the city hall. The courtroom is now the chambers for the city council, and is the location for… read more