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Date added: April 15, 2014; Modified: August 10, 2023
The $3.2 million Lockefield Gardens, a public housing project, was funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The project was completed in 1938, abandoned during the mid-1970s and “redeveloped in the 1980s with new apartment buildings and rehabilitated units.” “Due… read more
Date added: March 4, 2017; Modified: August 10, 2023
This Art Moderne-style building, designed by the architectural firm of McGuire & Shook, was constructed through a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant of $98,000 in 1936. The school has been repurposed as a living complex: Roberts School Flats. Per their… read more
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 10, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a community building and gymnasium, now known as the James E. Roberts Memorial Building, in Connersville, Indiana. “At Roberts Park in Connersville, a brick community house 120×50 feet is practically completed. The structure is… read more
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 10, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a community building and gymnasium in Little York, Indiana. The building, which is located at the southwest corner of N School Rd. and W Mill Rd., is now… read more
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a municipal pool at Columbian park in Lafayette, Indiana. “The pool was built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration and was the place to swim for kids in Lafayette, West Lafayette, Delphi,… read more
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a municipal pool in Kokomo, Indiana. Living New Deal believes the facility has since been replaced and likely demolished.
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a community building near Washington Park in Indianapolis, Indiana. The building is located at the northeast corner of 30th St. and Lasalle St., and appears to be part of a church property.
Date added: December 16, 2013; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Argos Izaak Walton League clubhouse and attendant (former) fish hatchery were constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 to 1937. The fish hatchery in Argos, Indiana had “a capacity of 375,000 fingerlings annually.”The facility is listed on… read more
Date added: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop Centennial Park in Plymouth, Indiana.
Date added: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a dam in or near Plymouth, Indiana, impounding a 300-acre-foot lake. The location and status of the structure is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at Huff Cemetery in German Township, Marshall County, northwest of Bremen, Indiana.
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at Bremen Cemetery in Bremen, Indiana.
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at the former school in Inwood, Indiana. The location and status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at what was then Lincoln High School in Plymouth, Indiana. The educational facility, fronting N Liberty Street, appears to have no athletic fields—just parking lots.
Date added: August 7, 2023; Modified: August 7, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at Marshall County Courthouse in Plymouth, Indiana. The agency also “bettered” the highway garage, jail, and infirmary (locations unknown).