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    WPA Sidewalk – Weatherford TX

    Date added: October 28, 2013; Modified: October 28, 2013

    The curb and gutter in front of the PWA former William Travis Elementary School still have a WPA concrete stamp.

    William Travis Education Center – Weatherford TX

    Date added: October 28, 2013

    This handsome brick building was originally the William Travis Elementary School. It was constructed by the PWA in 1936. It is now the William Travis Student & Family Education Center.

    Possum Kingdom Stone Bridge

    Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge – Graford TX

    Date added: January 24, 2013; Modified: October 8, 2013

    The 18-span stone arch bridge, just below the Morris Shepherd dam on Lake Possum Kingdom, is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. The design was chosen to withstand flood waters released from the dam a mile… read more

    Dealey Plaza Park – Dallas TX

    Date added: July 21, 2012; Modified: August 6, 2013

    “In 1940, WPA workers completed this park in the heart of Dallas. Named for an early publisher of the Dallas Morning News, the plaza lives in infamy as the location of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963…. read more

    Lincoln Park – Fort Worth TX

    Date added: June 16, 2013

    In 1941, the WPA constructed a wall along Marine Creek in Lincoln Park as a part of a joint WPA project improving this and nearby Marine Park. Lincoln Park was one of the city parks reserved for African Americans in… read more

    I. M. Terrell High School – Fort Worth TX

    Date added: March 3, 2013; Modified: June 3, 2013

    Before the PWA addition, the (much smaller) building was an elementary school, first built in 1909-1910 as the A.J. Chambers School (for white students), then it became the East Eighteenth Street Colored School in 1931. The school was enlarged in… read more

    Kooken School – Arlington TX

    Date added: May 21, 2013; Modified: May 21, 2013

    “Originally known as “North Side School,” the present brick building was a 1935-1937 WPA project. The school was named after John A. Kooken, a long-time superintendent of the Arlington School District. J. L. Hill was the first principal.”   (https://www.arlingtontx.gov)

    Bastrop State Park – Bastrop TX

    Date added: April 28, 2013; Modified: May 19, 2013

    This beautiful park is nestled in the “Lost Pines” area of Texas. The park was built as a CCC project and opened to the public in 1937. In September 2011 96% of the park was burned by a devastating wildfire;… read more

    Polytechnic High School – Fort Worth TX

    Date added: May 5, 2013

    Polytechnic High School was built in 1936-37 by the PWA. The architect was Joseph R. Pelich and the cost was $483,000. The WPA landscaped the original 18.5 acre campus. The school’s mascot is the Fighting Parrots–there’s a parrot on the… read more

    Hurst School (Former) – Hurst TX

    Date added: April 20, 2013; Modified: April 20, 2013

    Hurst School for grades 1-8 was built in 1940 by the WPA with $23,291 in federal funds. The building now houses the Hurst Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

    Arneson River Theatre – San Antonio TX

    Date added: April 7, 2013; Modified: April 7, 2013

    The Arneson River Theatre is a well known landmark along San Antonio’s Riverwalk. Built with WPA funds between 1938 and 1940 it has hosted thousands of events. The stage is on the north bank of the river with seating on… read more

    Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth (1930s)

    Will Rogers Memorial Center – Fort Worth TX

    Date added: January 16, 2012; Modified: April 1, 2013

    “At the time of the Centennial Exposition held in Fort Worth in 1936, the city officials determined to erect several permanent buildings that would maintain their civic usefulness after the closing of the exposition. Among the most important of these… read more

    Blanco State Park – Blanco TX

    Date added: March 16, 2013; Modified: March 18, 2013

    Blanco State Park is located in historic Blanco, Texas. The park offers camping, hiking, fishing and swimming and scenic views of the Blanco River. In 1933 local landowners donated just over 100 acres for the park. The CCC worked here… read more