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  • Recreation Center and Auditorium - Coeur D'Alene ID
    The WPA built this recreation center and auditorium in a city park on the shore of Lake Coeur D'Alene. The building is still in use today.
  • Ridenbaugh Canal Improvements - Boise ID
    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.
  • Reservoir - Rathdrum ID
    The WPA constructed a reservoir in the vicinity of Rathdrum ID, but the location and current status of the site are not known.
  • Log Bridge - Springston ID
    The WPA constructed this log bridge in the town of Springston. The town no longer exists, but the bridge remains.
  • Bourland Cemetery Gateway - Keller TX
    Text from the state historical marker reads: "Aurelius Delphus Bourland (1840-1904), a North Carolina native and a veteran of the Civil War, bought land here in 1873. A farmer and Primitive Baptist preacher, he first used this site as a family cemetery. The earliest marked grave is that of his grandson A. Delphus White, who died in 1886. In 1899 Bourland sold 2.5 acres, including the grave sites, to the residents of Keller (1.5 mi SW) for use as a public burial ground. Additional land was given by the families of Bourland in 1947 and A.B. Harmonson (1891-1967) in 1977. The...
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Elementary School (demolished) - Nampa ID
    According to the National Archives, the PWA helped build this elementary school in 1937. By inference, it appears to have been Roosevelt Elementary, which was demolished in 1996.
  • Tighe Triangle Improvements - New York NY
    This small green space between Riverside Dr., Seaman Ave. and Dyckman St. in Manhattan was "provided with shade trees and benches for passive recreation" by the Department of Parks in October 1936. Although the press release announcing the completion of this work does not mention the WPA or other New Deal agencies, researcher Frank da Cruz explains here that almost all New York City Parks Department projects between 1934 and 1943 were carried out with New Deal funds and/or labor, and that after April 1935, the WPA quickly became the main source of this support.
  • Sewage Treatment Plant - Rehoboth Beach DE
    The PWA helped construct sewers and a treatment plant in Rehoboth Beach.
  • State Training School - Stockley DE
    The PWA built this cottage at the State Training School, later known as the Stockley Center, which housed the developmentally disabled.
  • Frankford Town Hall and Fire Department - Frankford DE
    The PWA helped construct this fire station, which evidently doubled as a town hall. Subsequent additions have been made but the original building stands.
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