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    Bas-Relief at the Banyan Court

    Lester McCoy Pavilion Bas Relief Panels – Honolulu HI

    Date added: August 29, 2016; Modified: April 26, 2017

    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

    Senior Core Building – McKinley High School, Honolulu HI

    Date added: August 24, 2016; Modified: April 25, 2017

    “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

    Central Fire Station – Honolulu HI

    Date added: April 18, 2017; Modified: April 24, 2017

    The Central Fire Station at 104 Beretania Street, in Honolulu, Hawaii. This firehouse was built with the assistance of funds from the New Deal’s Public Works Administration (PWA), 1934-1935. P.W.A. Docket No. T. H. 2633-7

    Sewers – Wailuku HI

    Date added: April 18, 2017

    A large sewer construction project in Wailuku, Hawaii was undertaken with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds in 1934-5. The P.W.A. supplied a $158,000 loan and $52,757 grant for the project, whose total cost was $192,986. P.W.A. Docket No. T…. read more

    Waterworks – Koloa HI

    Date added: April 18, 2017

    A waterworks construction project in Koloa, Hawaii was undertaken with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. P.W.A. Docket No. T. H. 1040

    Kula Sanatorium – Kula HI

    Date added: April 18, 2017; Modified: April 18, 2017

    Kula Sanitorium was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The P.W.A. supplied a $227,510 grant for the project, whose total cost was $507,557. “The Kula Sanatorium, also known as Kula Hospital & Clinic,… read more

    Haleakalā National Park – HI

    Date added: April 12, 2013; Modified: April 18, 2017

    Haleakala National Park is located on the island of Maui. “Between 1934 and 1941 the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) operated work camps at Haleakalā… Here at Haleakalā National Park the CCC was engaged in a variety of projects. CCC enrollees… read more

    Hawaii State Library Murals – Honolulu HI

    Date added: August 24, 2016; Modified: April 18, 2017

    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

    University of Hawaii at Manoa: Andrews Amphitheater – Honolulu HI

    Date added: August 3, 2012; Modified: April 18, 2017

    “The lava rock Andrews Amphitheatre at the University of Hawai’I (1935) was designed by architect Ralph Fishbourne with Professor Arthur R. Keller serving as the consulting engineer. The University covered the $5,213 cost for materials while the FERA paid for… read more

    University of Hawaii at Manoa: Miller Hall – Honolulu HI

    Date added: April 18, 2017

    “Miller Hall, originally known as the Home Economics Building, was built in 1939 and formally opened with a ceremony on March 15, 1940. The architect of the building was John Mason Young, a professor of engineering at the University. The… read more

    Hickam Field – Pearl Harbor HI

    Date added: August 29, 2016; Modified: April 18, 2017

    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