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Date added: July 10, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The CCC created Bogus Basin Road, possibly with the assistance of the WPA, which eventually spurred the development of the recreation area. From the Bogus Basin ski resort website: It all started in 1938 when a 24-month WPA road project… read more
Date added: October 19, 2016; Modified: March 12, 2017
WPA crews did improvement work on this canal in Boise during 1936. (The canal was originally constructed in the late nineteenth century.) The path alongside is widely used today by cyclists and joggers.
Date added: October 25, 2016; Modified: November 5, 2016
According to the National Archives, WPA crews built this road along the remote North Fork of the Boise River between Arrowrock Dam and the town of Atlanta.
Date added: October 17, 2016; Modified: October 29, 2016
The PWA helped construct the University of Idaho’s infirmary (docket #709-R), now the Student Health Center, in 1936.
Date added: February 20, 2013; Modified: October 29, 2016
“Built in 1938-39, the Ada County Courthouse was constructed as part of the Depression-era Public Works Administration (PWA). Building the courthouse provided jobs not only for construction workers and craftsmen, but also for the artists that embellished it. The Art… read more
Date added: October 29, 2016
The PWA built an addition to the south wing of the Administration Building in 1936 to accommodate the library, which remained there until 1957 when a new library was built.
Date added: July 17, 2015; Modified: October 29, 2016
A 1200-seat auditorium in the Public Works Administration (PWA) Moderne style built primarily as an addition to the facilities of Central Junior High School, but also served the Nampa community for many years as a venue for concerts, sporting events,… read more
Date added: October 29, 2016
The 1936 addition to Lakeview Elementary was a PWA project (docket #1098-RD). The building remains in use as the privately owned Idaho Arts Charter School. The windows appear to have been modernized, but the basic structure has not changed.
Date added: October 29, 2016; Modified: October 29, 2016
The PWA built this six-classroom elementary school in 1937 (docket #1093-RD). It remained in use until 1997, when it was demolished. The site is now East Side Park. Note: the Nampa School District history linked below indicates that the WPA… read more
Date added: October 29, 2016
Moscow Senior High School was a PWA project (docket #1078-D5), completed in 1939. It is still in use as a school today.
Date added: October 29, 2016
The PWA helped build Bear Lake Middle School (docket #1058-D), originally a high school. The school is still in use today.
Date added: February 21, 2013; Modified: October 29, 2016
Originally called simply Boise Junior High School, “This school was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project designed by Frank Hummell. When it opened in 1936, it was the city’s first and only Junior High School.” (www.preservationidaho.org)
Date added: February 23, 2013; Modified: October 27, 2016
This suspension bridge was built by CCC enrollees from the French Creek CCC camp (1896) in 1935. It was named to honor a CCC enrollee who was killed near the bridge. The bridge is 248’ in length and built of… read more
Date added: October 18, 2016; Modified: October 25, 2016
The WPA constructed a reservoir in the vicinity of Rathdrum ID, but the location and current status of the site are not known.
Date added: October 25, 2016
WPA crews conducted work on the sewer system in Moscow.