Molokai (formerly Hoolehua) Airport Expansion – Ho’olehua HI
Date added: August 29, 2016
Between 1935 and 1942, “the WPA aided the Territory with funds to gradually enlarge and improve the field which was originally a dirt strip (source note 1).
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Lester McCoy Pavilion Floor Mosaic – Honolulu HI
Date added: August 29, 2016
This “Floor mosaic of twelve figures engaged in traditional Hawaiian athletic activities, done in polished black basalt set into a flagstone floor” (source note 1), was completed by Marguerite Louis Blasingame in 1935 for the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Lester McCoy Pavilion Bas Relief Panels – Honolulu HI
Date added: August 29, 2016
Marguerite Louis Blasingame completed this “pair of low-relief marble tablets of a Hawaiian couple set into a wall” (source note 1) in 1935 for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Entitled, “Hawaiian Couple,” it is located in the Banyan Court gardens… read more
Honolulu Board of Water Supply Engineering Building: Bas Relief – Honolulu HI
Date added: August 29, 2016
According to the Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture & the Arts, “The bas relief is executed on a series of green steatite stone blocks which depict mythical and human Hawaiian figures, flora, and animals in the upper portions flanking either… read more
Lester McCoy Pavilion Murals – Ala Moana Park, Honolulu HI
Date added: August 29, 2016
“One of a pair of murals at the Lester McCoy Pavilion at Ala Mona Regional Park. A Works Progress Administration art project, done in the Art Deco style. It depicts various aspects of makahiki (harvest festival), imagined as taking place… read more
Schofield Barracks – Schofield Barracks HI
Date added: August 29, 2016
Schofield Barracks is a U.S. Army installation. According to a National Park Service report, circa 1940-1941, “Using WPA funds, military engineers and architects continued expanding Schofield Barracks and created a new Hickam Field on the edge of Pearl Harbor.”
Hickam Field – Pearl Harbor HI
Date added: August 29, 2016
Hickam Field is a U.S. Air Force installation that is now part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. According to a National Park Service report, “Using WPA funds, military engineers and architects continued expanding Schofield Barracks and created a new Hickam… read more
Barking Sands Pacific Military Range Facility Improvements – Kekaha HI
Date added: August 24, 2016
Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility is a U.S. Naval Installation on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii. Between 1941 and 1942 WPA funds helped enlarge the facility.
Morse Field – Ka Lae (South Point) HI
Date added: August 24, 2016
Morse Field was a military air field from about 1941-1953. WPA funds helped improve the air field between 1941 and 1942.
Senior Core Building – McKinley High School, Honolulu HI
Date added: August 24, 2016
“The Works Progress Administration (WPA)–financed Senior Core Building, constructed in 1939, sits off the corner of the quadrangle. Designed by [Vladimir] Ossipoff, it presents a more modern and Island-oriented interpretation of Spanish forms, which complements the original school core. Its… read more
Kalaheo Elementary School – Kalaheo HI
Date added: August 24, 2016
According to a report prepared for the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii Research Center, four buildings at the Kalaheo School were built by the WPA (the report lists the construction year as 1934, so it was probably 1935 – since… read more
Hawaii State Library Murals – Honolulu HI
Date added: August 24, 2016
According to the book Hawai’i Chronicles II: Contemporary Island History from the Pages of Honolulu Magazine, Juliette May Fraser “was one of four Island artists commissioned to work on WPA art projects for public places. It was during this time… read more
Upolu Airport Improvements – Hawi HI
Date added: March 16, 2015
Between 1935 and 1939 the WPA maintained, expanded, and improved Suiter Field (now Upolu Airport). Upolu still operates today as a small regional airport.
Kamakaiwi Field – Howland Island, U.S. Territory, South Pacific
Date added: March 16, 2015
In 1935, students and graduates of the Kamehameha School in Hawaii began research activities on Howland Island (an uninhabited coral island about 1,700 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii). Intrestingly, they also intended to colonize the island: “The Kamehameha colonists constructed… read more
Pu’unene Airport Improvements – Kihei HI
Date added: March 16, 2015
In 1936, the WPA conducted wind studies at the prospective airport. Between 1938 and 1941, the WPA contributed $380,000 to the airport’s construction and improvements. The airport is no longer operational, but remnants of it are now part of Maui… read more