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Date added: August 17, 2013; Modified: January 24, 2015
The mural “Prairie Fire” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The tempera work was completed by Ethel Magafan and installed in the lobby of the historic Madill post office in 1941. It is still visible today.
Date added: January 24, 2015
The oil-on-canvas mural “The Last Home of the Choctaw Nation” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work was completed by H. Louis Freund and installed in the lobby of the old Idabel post office in… read more
Date added: November 25, 2014; Modified: January 24, 2015
John A. Fleck painted the mural “Choctaw Indians See the First Mail Coach” in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural was painted for what was then the Hugo post office, now the Hugo School Administration Office.
Date added: November 14, 2013; Modified: January 23, 2015
“”Pre-Settlement Days” is a mural painted in 1939 by Ila Turner McAfee. It is an oil painting on canvas. It hung in the lobby of the Edmond Post Office for decades. It shows the open prairie before it was opened… read more
Date added: May 23, 2013; Modified: January 20, 2015
From the National Park Service website: “Among the highlights of Chandler’s Route 66 landscape is the Chandler Armory, behind which stands the only brick outhouse in Oklahoma, thought to have been built between 1903 and 1912 and still containing its… read more
Date added: March 23, 2014; Modified: January 19, 2015
This Section of Fine Arts mural, entitled “Will Rogers,” was painted by Randall Davey in 1939. The mural was originally installed in the old (now destroyed) post office in Claremore OK. It has since been restored and is now situated… read more
Date added: June 18, 2014; Modified: January 17, 2015
“Shannon Springs Park dates back to the early 1900s, but in the mid-1930s, the WPA constructed many things in the park, including this lovely amphitheater. The seats are constructed of native sandstone, in two sections, with a center and outside… read more
Date added: June 18, 2014; Modified: January 17, 2015
“During the mid-1930s, the WPA constructed many items in Shannon Springs Park, including walls and drainage ditches, a caretaker’s cottage and bathhouse, an amphitheater and this beautiful stone bridge. A concrete WPA shield shows the date 1936. The bridge crosses… read more
Date added: June 18, 2014; Modified: January 17, 2015
“This is a rectangular native stone building, with no windows. Two graduated rows of stone are added at the roof line on each corner. On the east side of the front of the building, as large opening which once had… read more
Date added: July 17, 2012; Modified: January 10, 2015
“WPA benefited both local school districts and institutions of higher learning. The OU Memorial Union Tower was built on the Norman campus in 1936.”
Date added: August 10, 2013; Modified: January 10, 2015
The mural “The Run—April 22, 1889” was completed in 1941 with New Deal funds. Painted for the town’s historic New Deal post office building, the mural has since been relocated to the current postal facility in Yukon.
Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: January 6, 2015
A waterworks and sewer system construction project was undertaken in Pryor Creek, Oklahoma during the Great Depression with the assistance of a federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grant. The PWA provided a $27,202 grant to the city for the project,… read more
Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: January 6, 2015
A sanitary sewer construction project was undertaken in Cushing, Oklahoma during the Great Depression with the assistance of a federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grant. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939. PWA Docket No. OK [X]1368.
Date added: November 17, 2014; Modified: January 6, 2015
Beaver, Oklahoma’s old sewage disposal plant was constructed during the Great Depression with the assistance of a federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grant. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939. The exact location and current status of the facility is unknown… read more
Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: January 6, 2015
An electrical grid / distribution construction project was undertaken in Cushing, Oklahoma during the Great Depression with the assistance of a federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grant. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939. PWA Docket No. OK [X]1345.