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Date added: October 31, 2017
“The reservoir at what is now the site of Lanphier High School was removed as a CWA project in 1933. The $300,000 construction of Lanphier High three years later was partially financed by Public Works Administration funds, as was an… read more
Date added: October 31, 2017
“The WPA would later aid in … Oak Ridge Cemetery” improvement projects.
Date added: October 31, 2017
“WPA funds helped pay for removal of 158,000 lineal feet of streetcar track that ran down the middle of many of Springfield’s streets, at a cost of $167,000. The work included resurfacing of the area where the tram tracks had… read more
Date added: October 31, 2017
The records building housing the Illinois State Archives, now known as the Margaret Cross Norton Building, was built during the 1930s with New Deal funds. SJ-R.com: “A bunch of World War I records were burned up [in a 1934 fire],”… read more
Date added: October 31, 2017
The northbound I-74 bridge, a.k.a. Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied a $1,124,000 loan and $403,400 grant for the project, whose total cost was $1,471,244. Construction occurred between June 1934 and… read more
Date added: October 31, 2017
The historic post office building in Moline, Illinois was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Date added: October 31, 2017
“Located at the Moline post office is a mural entitled “Ploughshare Manufacturing” by Edward Millman. Created in 1937, this mural is an “egg tempera on gesso” … Born in Chicago in 1907, Edward Millman attended the School of the Art… read more
Date added: October 16, 2017
Built in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps company quartered at Camp South Fork, the Parker Meadows Shelter is typical of “rustic” style trail shelters or fire guard shelters constructed on the National Forest during the period. Constructed along an… read more
Date added: May 9, 2017
The W.P.A. constructed sidewalks in Mascoutah, IL, including at City Hall.
Date added: May 8, 2017
The bridge carrying S. Torrance Avenue across the Calumet River constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. Completed in 1936, the “vertical lift bridge is the only non-bascule bridge built by the Chicago Public Works Department (now CDOT). The… read more
Date added: February 3, 2017
Walnut plaque created/signed by PeterPaul Ott in memory of Nancy Hill. “A Memory of Nancy L. Hill, Principal, West Aurora Schools 1903 – 1928.” The plaque currently is on display in the north entrance corridor of the school. Please note… read more
Date added: February 1, 2017
Emmanuel Viviano created these ceramic tile lunettes with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project. Located at Nancy Hill School in Aurora IL, the four ceramic tile lunettes are signed by Emmanuel Vivianno. The four lunettes are: Deer, Dear and… read more
Date added: January 29, 2017
The CCC lodge at the Black Hawk State Historic Site contains “two murals painted in 1936 by Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist Otto Hake. The murals depict the seasonal activities of the Sauk and Mesquakie Indian people.” (www.blackhawkpark.org)
Date added: January 29, 2017
The Black Hawk State Historic Site, at the intersection of the Rock and Mississippi rivers, was an important site for Native American of the Sauk and Mesquakie tribes long before European settlers forced them off the land. In the late… read more
Date added: January 13, 2017
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers conducted street paving work in Kewanee, Illinois.