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    Jefferson Municipal Pool

    Jefferson Municipal Swimming Pool – Jefferson IA

    Date added: April 10, 2022; Modified: May 17, 2022

    The municipal pool in Jefferson, Iowa was constructed with funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It was opened to the public in July of 1937. One of over a dozen public pools constructed in Iowa with the aid of… read more

    Postcard of Edmundson Park Pool, Oskaloosa IA

    Edmondson Park Pool – Oskaloosa IA

    Date added: March 2, 2022; Modified: April 2, 2022

    The Edmondson Park Swimming Pool and Bathhouse in Oskaloos IA was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937. It was one of over a dozen public swimming pools constructed in Iowa during the New Deal. The Oskaloosa pool… read more

    Decorah Municipal Swimming Pool

    Municipal Swimming Pool – Decorah IA

    Date added: April 18, 2013; Modified: March 27, 2022

    “The Decorah Municipal Swimming Pool building design is an architectural specimen of an advanced contemporary style of its day. It is a vision of both the Art Moderne and the International styles of architecture, as designed by Edward Novak, who… read more

    The Dubuque Pool as Front-Page News

    Dubuque Swimming Pool – Dubuque IA

    Date added: March 27, 2022; Modified: March 27, 2022

    The public swimming pool at Rafferty Slough in Dubuque, IA was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937. Measuring 75 x 225 feet, the Dubuque pool was the largest and most expensive of a number of publicly constructed… read more

    “Old Adel Pool”

    Adel Swimming Pool – Adel IA

    Date added: March 18, 2022; Modified: March 18, 2022

    A public swimming pool in Adel IA was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1935. One of the earliest municipal pools constructed in Iowa, the facility was around for a good share of historical events – war, environmental disasters,… read more

    "Band Concert"

    Post Office Mural – Corning IA

    Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: January 13, 2022

    This egg-tempera-on-gesso mural was painted by Marion Gilmore in 1941. From When Tillage Begins: The Stone City Art Colony and School: “Gilmore won the WPA commission to produce a mural for the town of Corning, Iowa. The jury, led by… read more

    Volunteer Fire Department, by Marion Gilmore

    Post Office Mural – Corydon IA

    Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: November 6, 2021

    The New Deal mural “Volunteer Fire Department” was painted by Marion Gilmore in 1942. Gilmore also won the Forty-Eight States design competition of 1939 for her mural Band Concert,” for the town of Corning, Iowa. From When Tillage Begins: The… read more

    Rural Free Delivery, by A. Criss Glasell

    Post Office Mural – Leon IA

    Date added: August 26, 2012; Modified: November 6, 2021

    New Deal mural entitled “Rural Free Delivery” painted by A. Criss Glasell in 1938.

    Memorial Auditorium – Burlington IA

    Date added: December 15, 2020; Modified: December 15, 2020

    Burlington Memorial Auditorium, located near the Mississippi River, was built by the Works Progress Administration and opened in May of 1939. It was first used as a U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center and by the supply company of the 136th… read more

    Anamosa Post Office – Anamosa IA

    Date added: June 18, 2020; Modified: June 18, 2020

    Federal Works Agency (FWA) built the City of Anamosa, Iowa Post Office. The Cornerstone of the building lists John Carmody, the Administrator of the Federal Works Project.

    Oleson Park Bandshell – Fort Dodge IA

    Date added: April 14, 2013; Modified: June 2, 2020

    Built by the WPA in 1938 and still in use. It is also known as the Karl King Bandshell. “Hired to design the structure was Henry Kamphoefner, a young architect from Sioux City who had won international recognition for a… read more

    Marion Heritage Center Mural – Marion IA

    Date added: December 4, 2014; Modified: May 12, 2020

    Daniel Rhodes painted this egg tempera mural on plaster in 1939 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It was originally installed in the post office and was restored in 2008. Iowa-born artist Daniel Rhodes painted a number of murals… read more

    Post Office (former) – Marion IA

    Date added: April 8, 2013; Modified: May 12, 2020

    The post office was constructed with Treasury Department funding in 1939. Until 2008, it also contained a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural by Dan Rhodes. From Marion Today: “Marion’s former post office is also unique in that it has… read more