City Pool – Mt. Carmel IL
Date added: July 14, 2023
This beautiful circular pool was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938.
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Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (demolished) – Hannibal MO to IL
Date added: February 15, 2018; Modified: July 11, 2023
The former Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River between Hannibal, Missouri and Illinois, was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied a $357,000 loan and $169,507 grant for the project, whose total cost was… read more
Trout Building – Centralia IL
Date added: March 30, 2023
The Trout Building at Centralia Township High School was the home of Orphan and later Annie Basketball from 1936 until 2006 when a new high school opened. At present, it is part of the City Hope Church, Centralia, IL. Construction… read more
Post Office (former) Murals – Des Plaines IL
Date added: May 13, 2015; Modified: November 1, 2022
The former Des Plaines post office and many other post offices, after having been commissioned by the WPA to create jobs, also lent their walls to the artists of the FAP, which commissioned around 1,200 murals and 300 sculptures for… read more
Old Fire Station – Chester IL
Date added: July 29, 2022
The Old Fire Station in Chester, Illinois was constructed in 1935 and served as a firehouse until 1961. The decommissioned building is presently used for storage. While some documents are unable to distinguish the particular New Deal agency responsible for… read more
Lane Tech College Prep High School Auditorium Mural – Chicago IL
Date added: July 27, 2014; Modified: June 18, 2022
Among the many Federal Art Project (FAP) funded artworks at Lane Tech High school is a four-panel fresco in the auditorium, “Teaching of the Arts,” painted by Mitchell Siporin in 1938. Each panel is 15′ x 3’6.” From A Guide… read more
Lane Tech College Prep Auditorium Fire Curtain Mural – Chicago IL
Date added: July 27, 2014; Modified: June 18, 2022
A 43′ x 20′ oil mural was painted on the steel fire curtain in the auditorium at Lane Tech High School by artist John Edwin Walley. It was installed in 1936 with funding from the WPA’s Federal Art Project and… read more
Lane Tech College Prep High School Sculptures – Chicago IL
Date added: July 27, 2014; Modified: June 18, 2022
Two 14-foot figures titled “Boys Rising From the Sea” were created by Charles Umlauf under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art Project. These sculptures are placed in front of the school. They are part of a group of New Deal… read more
Lane Tech College Prep Bas Reliefs – Chicago IL
Date added: July 27, 2014; Modified: June 18, 2022
Among several other New Deal artworks at the Lane Tech High School are these carved mahogany bas-reliefs in the school library. These 15′ x 6′ reliefs were carved by sculptor Peter Paul Ott, with assistance from wood workers Conzelman, Meuzenmeier,… read more
Lane Tech College Prep High School Lunchroom Murals – Chicago IL
Date added: July 27, 2014; Modified: June 18, 2022
Among the New Deal artworks at Lane Tech High School are several frescoes in the school lunchroom, each depicting a different period of “Epochs in the History of Man.” These large (12′ x 14′) frescoes were painted by Edgar Britton… read more
Jackson Park Improvements – Chicago IL
Date added: June 7, 2022; Modified: June 9, 2022
In 1936, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) pursued a variety of improvements at Chicago’s historic Jackson Park. “The WPA [went] to town in the park,” the Jackson Park Advisory Council opines. WPA work crews built “comfort stations at the… read more
McKee House – Lombard IL
Date added: June 4, 2022
This former home/headquarters to the first Superintendent of Dupage Forest Preserve, Robert L. McKee, was constructed with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The limestone quarried for this building was done by McDowell Grove CCC Camp workers. The… read more
Camp Butler (former) Improvements – Fort Sheridan IL
Date added: January 22, 2015; Modified: May 18, 2022
Illinois’s old Camp Butler was improved as part of Federal Project F-87 by the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) ca. 1933-4. “The general scope of the project covered improvements to buildings and grounds, landscaping, drainage and minor construction.”
Pounds Hollow Recreation Area – Junction IL
Date added: May 17, 2022
Pounds Hollow was the first recreational site constructed for Shawnee National Forest. A dam, beach, bathhouse, boat dock, utility buildings, roads, and a caretakers house were constructed by CCC crews from Camp Cadiz.
Post Office – Pittsfield IL
Date added: August 8, 2013; Modified: May 16, 2022
The historic post office in Pittsfield, Illinois was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935.