Date added: July 5, 2023; Modified: July 5, 2023
Surrounding the city of Cumberland, Beaver Dam Lake (or Che-wa-cum-ma-towangok, “Lake Made by the Beavers”) is both the deepest lake in Barron County and had served as a hub for the sawmills in the area since 1880. Testimony by engineer… read more
Date added: January 20, 2019; Modified: March 19, 2023
The Sheboygan Armory and Auditorium was built in 1941 by the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Supervising Architect was Edgar Stubenrauch, based in Sheboygan. Architectural Features: The two-story structure is representative of the Streamline Moderne/WPA Moderne style. The façade… read more
Date added: December 18, 2022; Modified: December 18, 2022
The Water Utility Well No. 7 in Madison Wisconsin was constructed in 1939. The project proposal began in 1938 and was completed a year later by McCarthy Well Company. The construction of the project experienced several delays due to weather… read more
Date added: November 22, 2022; Modified: November 22, 2022
Original Use: “The building, one of the finest in the state for any village of this size, was made possible by the public spiritedness. of the residents of the community and the wholehearted co-operation of the National Youth Administration that… read more
Date added: November 13, 2022; Modified: November 13, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Shorewood River Club in Shorewood WI. It was originally built to hold community events, and today it serves the same function. WPA crews also graded the land, built pathways and a spring-fed pool and… read more
Date added: November 13, 2022; Modified: November 13, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Hubbard Park Lodge in Shorewood WI. the structure was built for use by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. WPA crews also graded the land, built pathways and a spring-fed pool and fountain. The… read more
Date added: November 12, 2022; Modified: November 12, 2022
In an effort to beautify the area around a pond in Neshotah Park, the City of Two Rivers had rocks hauled to the park over a period of about three years. In late October 1938 50 WPA workers were transferred… read more
Date added: March 5, 2012; Modified: November 12, 2022
“The Mitchell School library in Racine, Wisconsin had a series of 5 mural panels done by Santos Zingale under the WPA. These murals are currently in storage. They were removed in the 1950s when the school library was remodeled. They… read more
Date added: July 7, 2022; Modified: July 9, 2022
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded the Ephraim Fire House in Ephraim WI in 1935. Unusual fire house built into a cliff. Architect was William Bernhard, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Now a museum and a memorial to… read more
Date added: June 21, 2022; Modified: June 21, 2022
The Doctors Park Bathhouse in Bayside, Wisconsin, a northern suburb of Milwaukee, is adjacent to Tietjen Beach on Lake Michigan and within 75 feet of the shoreline. This former bathhouse was constructed as a Work Projects Administration (WPA) project in… read more
Date added: March 11, 2012; Modified: May 16, 2022
Constructed by the Treasury in 1935. The contractor was Maas Brothers Construction Co., Inc.
Date added: March 11, 2012; Modified: May 16, 2022
The historic post office in Richland Cetner, Wisconsin houses an example of New Deal artwork: an oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Decorative Interpretation of Unification of America through the Post,” painted in 1937 by Richard Brooks.
Date added: May 20, 2014; Modified: May 16, 2022
Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worked from 1934 to 1941 on the Arboretum of University of Wisconsin Madison, providing the majority of the labor needed to establish the ecological communities that make up the Arboretum. This was accomplished… read more
Date added: January 21, 2022; Modified: January 21, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built Sijan Field in Milwaukee WI in 1937. Today, the facility serves as the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) Recreation Division Playfield. It is used for baseball and soccer.
Date added: October 11, 2021; Modified: October 11, 2021
In 1939, the Works Progress Administration built the Lincoln fieldhouse in Lincoln Field, Milwaukee WI.