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Date added: June 22, 2019
This suburban Des Moines elementary school was constructed in 1939 under the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. In 2018 it was adaptively reused as the Phenix School Apartments, which provides live-work space to artists.
Date added: August 10, 2018
The Works Progress Administration remodeled of a two-story brick structure into a one-story library and community hall, 1938-1939. The construction costs were $4,o62 in federal funds and $348 in city funds.
Date added: December 9, 2017
“Along the Upper Mississippi, WPA employees built … Municipal Stadium (now Modern Woodman Park) in Davenport, Iowa …”
Date added: December 9, 2017
The W.P.A. conducted “storm water drain” development work in Clinton, Iowa.
Date added: October 31, 2017
The northbound I-74 bridge, a.k.a. Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied a $1,124,000 loan and $403,400 grant for the project, whose total cost was $1,471,244. Construction occurred between June 1934 and… read more
Date added: October 31, 2017
“In 1942 Dubuque’s 2.5 miles of street car tracks were ripped up for the war effort. The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) removed the rails and replaced the pavement. Interstate Power Company agreed to supply some of the needed equipment. Money… read more
Date added: August 17, 2017
The historic Corydon post office was constructed ca. 1940 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Date added: June 19, 2017
The New Deal dam in Coggon, located in northeastern Linn County, was replaced in 1967 by the current dam, known as the Buffalo Creek Park Dam.41 The New Deal dam was built in order to restore Manhattan Lake in Coggon…. read more
Date added: June 19, 2017
Just before the phase-out of the CWA began in January 1934, the City of Independence applied successfully for CWA funds to build a trio of small dams across the Wapsipinicon at Independence downstream from the city’s mill dam. On further… read more
Date added: June 19, 2017
The first of the four known New Deal dams constructed in the Wapsipinicon watershed, the Littleton Dam, started as a locally funded project. Its construction was supported by the State Fish and Game Commission because the dam fit into the… read more
Date added: June 19, 2017
Plans for the Quasqueton Dam were developed in May and June 1934, shortly after the CWA ended. Federal funding was initially provided by FERA. However, the construction took much longer than originally planned, so the completion of the dam was… read more
Date added: May 15, 2017
Constructed as a New Deal project (attributed on one page to the Civil Works Administration, but more likely, based on the date, a Federal Emergency Relief Administration construction), Sioux City’s historic Grandview Park Bandshell “is 102 feet wide, 51 feet… read more
Date added: May 9, 2017
The W.P.A. constructed sidewalks in Sac City, Iowa.
Date added: October 3, 2016
From the National Register of Historic Places nomination file: “The 114.24-acre Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District is made up of a navigation lift lock, a nonnavigable dam, and 37 associated resources. Two general contractors and numerous subcontractors, all… read more
Date added: August 8, 2016
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed stone buildings and bridges and planted thousands of trees.