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Date added: September 30, 2014; Modified: September 30, 2014
Ann Rice O’Hanlon’s was commissioned in 1934 through the Treasury Relief Art Project to create a fresco featured in Memorial Hall on the University of Kentucky’s Lexington campus. “The large fresco in the lobby of Memorial Hall depicts scenes from… read more
Date added: March 24, 2014; Modified: March 24, 2014
This 380 foot wire suspension bridge over the Big Sandy River in Pikeville Kentucky was built by the WPA from 1936-1940. “The design of this bridge is unique, however, because although the bridge itself is simple – the towers are… read more
Date added: January 15, 2014
“The third and present Union County courthouse was constructed in 1872. The design for the courthouse came from J.K. Frick of Indiana. The contract for construction was awarded to A.B. Weaver, G.E. Bell, G.W. Fallon and William Brown. A grant… read more
Date added: November 19, 2013; Modified: November 21, 2013
The Works Progress Administration was a Federal program during the Great Depression designed to provide jobs and make public improvements. A concrete bridge south of Ashbury St between the Middlesboro Intermediate School and 17th Street has the inscription “W.P.A. 1938.”
Date added: June 30, 2013
Mammoth Cave National Park in central Kentucky encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. The National Park Service website describes CCC work on the park: “…the Civilian Conservation Corps arrived on the scene to… read more
Date added: July 28, 2012; Modified: July 28, 2012
“Pine Mountain State Resort Park is a park located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The park opened in 1924 as Kentucky’s first state park. Each spring, the park hosts the annual Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival, as it has since… read more
Date added: July 28, 2012; Modified: July 28, 2012
“The primary attraction in the park continues to be Polk’s giant chain, which is estimated to have been over a mile long before flooding and erosion destroyed part of it. With an anchor weighing between four and six tons and… read more
Date added: July 28, 2012
“The Livermore Bridge is a bridge that carries US-431 over the Green River, near Livermore in McLean County, Kentucky where it crosses over two rivers (the Green and Rough Rivers), and passes over a separate county; the only known such… read more
Date added: July 28, 2012
“The school was built by the Works Progress Administration. It opened for classes in 1936 and was dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt. The main building is nearly identical in construction and materials to Simon Kenton High School, located in Independence, Kentucky…. read more
Date added: December 9, 2011; Modified: June 10, 2012
"The county commissioners of Grant County secured a grant from the PWA which enabled them to construct this new courthouse to replace an old and outgrown structure. The new building is 2 stories, a partial third story, and a basement… read more
Date added: December 9, 2011
"In 1935 Congress authorized the transfer of a portion of the property within the Fort Knox Military Reservation in Kentucky to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury for the construction thereon of a depository for bullion. The two-story,… read more
Date added: December 9, 2011
"A careful study by the school officials of the inadequate school facilities of Kenton County resulted in the construction of two identical high-school buildings, one of which is considered on this page. The Independence High School is 2 stories and… read more
Date added: December 9, 2011
"These barracks are one of several buildings erected at Fort Knox by the Quartermaster Corps of the Army and consist of 4 units of fireproof construction with concrete frames and brick curtain walls trimmed with stone. Another building, a 2-company… read more