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Date added: July 6, 2019; Modified: July 6, 2019
The Seattle Park Department utilized funds and labor from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to complete a series of improvement projects at Golden Gardens Park. Much of the work aimed at stabilizing the steep hillsides in the eastern section of… read more
Date added: July 5, 2019; Modified: July 5, 2019
Madison Park, located at the eastern end of Madison Streeet, next to Lake Washington, was the site of several small Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. The first of these projects involved the replacement of the park’s clay tennis courts near… read more
Date added: July 2, 2019; Modified: July 2, 2019
The Garfield Playground was one of a limited number of Seattle park facilities to receive upgrades through the New Deal’s Civil Works Administration (CWA) program. The main CWA project at the playground involved the construction of a retaining wall along… read more
Date added: July 2, 2019; Modified: July 2, 2019
With the help of Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor, the Seattle Park Department made improvements to the Georgetown Playground at South Homer Street and Corson Avenue. In 1936, WPA workers built a reinforced concrete wading pool along the eastern edge… read more
Date added: July 2, 2019; Modified: July 2, 2019
Between 1938 and 1941, with funding assistance from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Seattle Park Department completed several improvement projects at Beacon Hill Playground. In the first of these projects, WPA workers re-painted the playground shelter house in 1938…. read more
Date added: November 6, 2018
The Wagner Performing Arts Center in Monroe, Washington was originally the auditorium of Monroe Junior High School, built in the late 1930s with the help of PWA grant funds. Construction of the auditorium and school began in September, 1938 and… read more
Date added: June 16, 2016; Modified: September 30, 2018
Ballard High School in Seattle opened in 1901, underwent renovations through New Deal funds in 1934. The Civil Works Administration (CWA) completed renovations between 1933 and 1934. Special Report of accomplishment by CWA workers from November 24th, 1933 to February… read more
Date added: March 30, 2018; Modified: March 30, 2018
Skykomish High School was constructed in 1936 as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $56,250 grant for the project, whose total cost was $127,331. PWA Docket No. WA [W]1146
Date added: December 2, 2012; Modified: March 30, 2018
One of many WPA and PWA projects in Washington state: “$231,961 was allocated for the construction of a 10 mile road that lead to an area rich with minerals and recreational possibilities.”
Date added: March 1, 2018; Modified: March 3, 2018
The Works Progress Administration built a bridge and walls in Whatcom Falls Park, in the vicinity of Bellingham. The bridge is in good condition and is located 100 yards from the park entrance.
Date added: October 2, 2016; Modified: November 30, 2017
David M. Hartz, superintendent of Arlington’s schools, requested from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a mural of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox to adorn the walls of Arlington High School as a memorial of the folkloric past of… read more
Date added: November 30, 2017; Modified: November 30, 2017
The Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2915 (F-12) built a ranger station in the vicinity of Glacier, Whatcom County.
Date added: January 25, 2015; Modified: November 28, 2017
The historic post office in Lynden, Washington was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed ca. 1940, houses New Deal artwork and is still in use today.
Date added: December 7, 2012; Modified: November 28, 2017
The historic Lynden post office contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural by Mordi Gassner entitled Three Ages of Phoebe Goodell Judson. “In 1870, Judson co-founded the town of Lynden with her husband, Holden Allen Judson. She lived in… read more
Date added: October 16, 2017; Modified: October 25, 2017
In 1937 the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance authorizing work to begin on reconstructing the bridge. The job took a year and a half and replaced the timber approaches with approaches of concrete and steel that featured ornamental lighting…. read more