Date added: February 14, 2018
This bathhouse was built by the WPA in the 1939. It still stands today along the shore of LaBolt Lake, in Grant County, South Dakota. Much of it is in disrepair but it still stands as a nice tourist attraction…. read more
Date added: July 28, 2015; Modified: December 22, 2017
WPA crews conducted restoration work at the site between 1935 and 1938. From the Library of Congress: “In 1937, the fort was restored as a WPA project. It has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, but today… read more
Date added: January 15, 2012; Modified: August 15, 2017
The historic Flandreau post office was constructed in 1938. It houses Matthew Ziegler’s 1940 mural, “Wheat in the Shock.”
Date added: December 29, 2014; Modified: August 15, 2017
This 1940 oil-on-canvas mural, “Wheat in the Shock,” by Matthew Ziegler, was created for the then-new Flandreau post office. The artwork was a winner of the Treasury Section’s 48-State Post Office Mural Competition.
Date added: August 4, 2017
A three-piece fresco was painted byEdwin Boyd Johnson in 1936 for Sioux Falls’s brand-new city hall. The work is still extant and housed in the Commissioners Room.
Date added: January 15, 2012; Modified: August 4, 2017
“The new city hall is three stories and a basement in height and houses all of the municipal offices, including the police, health, and water departments, as well as the judicial offices, a jail, a garage, and an auditorium seating… read more
Date added: September 25, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
The court house and post office was constructed in 1895 and an addition was added in 1932. In 1941, federal funding supplied the building with a new elevator.
Date added: December 8, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
Located behind the Roberts County Courthouse, Sisseton South Dakota’s former Roberts County Jail was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $11,200 grant; the total cost of the… read more
Date added: July 12, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
Constructed by the Treasury in 1934. The building now houses the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum. A New Deal mural painted for the post office has been moved to the new post office: https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-sturgis-sd/
Date added: February 9, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office in Mobridge, South Dakota was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
Date added: July 12, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office in Custer, South Dakota was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building is still in use today.
Date added: August 27, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
Constructed in 1939 with federal funding.
Date added: January 12, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
"The Harney Peak Lookout Tower was built by Camp F-23, Doran to replace the old wooden structure. Over 7,500 rocks had to be hauled up the mountain on specially built horse-drawn sleds. Everything necessary was sledded up or carried by… read more
Date added: December 8, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was associated with the construction of a large stone hangar, since demolished, at Black Hills Airport, also known as Clyde Ice Field.
Date added: August 8, 2016; Modified: April 11, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed this lake in Mitchell, South Dakota.