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Date added: September 19, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The former U.S. Inspection Station at the Canadian border north of Westhope, North Dakota (along Route 83) was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the 1930s. Completion photographs of the facility taken Sept. 4, 1937 reside in the National… read more
Date added: July 8, 2016; Modified: April 11, 2017
Then the U.S. Post Office and Court House, what is now the Federal Building at 304 E Broadway Ave. was expanded with federal Treasury Department funds during the 1930s. Some landscaping details implemented at that time are still in place,… read more
Date added: March 28, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
ParkRec.nd.gov: “Established in 1934, Turtle River State Park was one of a number of new parks built in North Dakota under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal” programs. … In 1935, a CCC transient work camp, SP-5, was built in… read more
Date added: December 11, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
The post office in Rugby, North Dakota was constructed using Treasury Department funds and opened in 1940. Its lobby features a Section of Fine Arts mural by Kenneth Callahan.
Date added: April 29, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The post office in Oakes, North Dakota was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1935, is still in use today.
Date added: December 11, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
New Rockford, North Dakota received a new post office in 1939. The building was constructed with Treasury Department funds; work began in 1938 and the building open for business on October 29, 1939. Still in use today, the post office… read more
Date added: April 29, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The post office in Lisbon, North Dakota was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1940, is still in use today. A New Deal sculpture by James L. Hansen was created for the post office lobby… read more
Date added: December 11, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office building in Langdon, North Dakota, was constructed using federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building, which possesses a New Deal mural in the lobby, is still in operation today.
Date added: April 29, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The post office in Hettinger, North Dakota was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1938, is still in use today.
Date added: May 30, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The newspaper of what was then the North Dakota Agricultural College, The Spectrum of April 14, 1939 reported: “Student health fees, accumulating over a period of several years, will help finance the building of a $25,000 student health center on… read more
Date added: May 30, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The Lutheran church sponsored Jamestown Hospital (not surveyed). Ground breaking for the facility took place in 1928 and cornerstone ceremonies on October 28, 1929, one day before the Stock Market Crash. Consequently, donations and bond financing for the project were… read more
Date added: August 16, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve what is now the Fargo VA Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota during the 1930s. One project was described by the WPA in its project rolls: “[G]rading; reconstructing roads; sidewalks; installing sewers;… read more
Date added: March 25, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed the International Peace Garden during the 1930s.
Date added: July 29, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
“Fort Abercrombie, in North Dakota [near the town of Wahpeton], was an American fort established by authority of an act of Congress, March 3, 1857. The act allocated twenty-five square miles of land on the Red River in Dakota Territory… read more
Date added: March 25, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The CCC played a crucial role in landscape and restoration work of the 128 acre Chateau de Mores State Historic Site, which was opened to the public on August 7, 1941.” (MedoraND.com)