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Date added: October 23, 2016; Modified: May 16, 2022
WPA crews contributed to building the Little Wood River Reservoir near Carey. From the Bureau of Reclamation: “Reclamation conducted the earliest irrigation survey of the Little Wood River area in 1904. Reclamation officials concluded from the surveys, that the cost… read more
Date added: October 18, 2016; Modified: May 16, 2022
The WPA constructed this log bridge in the town of Springston. The town no longer exists, but the bridge remains.
Date added: May 18, 2017; Modified: May 16, 2022
The June 1937 issue of Western Construction News notes REA work in Idaho. “The REA has alloted $75,000 to the Clearwater Valley Light and Power Association, Lewiston Idaho, for construction of a generating plant of 800 KW capacity.” “The REA… read more
Date added: April 3, 2020; Modified: May 15, 2022
The structure was originally built as the headquarters of the Boise District of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The Boise District supervised CCC camps in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Currently, the building serves as a restaurant.
Date added: April 19, 2020; Modified: April 19, 2020
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sidewalks on North 9th East in Mountain Home ID, in 1941. A 1941 WPA placard is set in the concrete on the sidewalk at 390 North 9th East.
Date added: July 26, 2015; Modified: August 12, 2019
Camas National Wildlife Refuge lies in southeast Idaho along the Camas River and just west of the Grand Tetons of Wyoming. Its 10,000 acres are half lakes, ponds, and marshlands and half grass sagebrush uplands, meadows, and farms. It is… read more
Date added: June 9, 2017; Modified: June 25, 2019
The athletic field stands at Irving Junior High School in Pocatello, Idaho were constructed by the Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.).
Date added: November 2, 2017; Modified: April 25, 2019
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a camp near Coeur D’Alene in Idaho. The enclosed images showing CCC enrollees at the camp were provided to the Living New Deal by Nancy Calle. Her father, John Griffith Calle, pictured in several of… read more
Date added: March 19, 2018; Modified: March 21, 2018
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of additions and alterations to the Bonner County Courthouse in Sandpoint in 1938-39. One source suggests that the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was involved with other related work at the building or grounds. The PWA provided a $37,650 grant… read more
Date added: October 29, 2016; Modified: January 28, 2018
A municipal swimming pool in Weiser was constructed as a PWA project (docket #1077-DS). Located near the county courthouse, that pool has since been torn down and replaced.
Date added: November 3, 2017; Modified: November 8, 2017
In 1939, the Public Works Administration funded the construction of a school building in Star, Idaho. Project docket No. Idaho 1083D 3/14/39. The architect of record was Wayland & Fennel. The exact location and present status of the structure is unknown… read more
Date added: October 29, 2016; Modified: November 3, 2017
Whitney Elementary was a PWA project (docket #1084R). It was demolished in 2009 and the current Whitney elementary was built in a different location on the same parcel. The original structure was designed by Wayland and Fennell Architects, and subsequent additions… read more
Date added: November 2, 2017; Modified: November 3, 2017
In 1939, the Public Works Administration funded the construction of a gymnasium addition to the High School in Emmett Idaho. Project Docket No. Idaho 1045D. The architect of record was Tourtellotte & Hummel. The exact location and present status of… read more
Date added: November 2, 2017; Modified: November 3, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps built a camp F-23 at Packers Meadows, Selway Forest, Idaho.
Date added: November 2, 2017; Modified: November 3, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps built camp F-42 at the Saint Joe National Forest, Idaho.