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  • Stout Field (demolished) Development - Indianapolis IN
    What was then Stout Field was developed as part of a massive New Deal project, with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is sometimes difficult, from sources, to differentiate work done at this facility and work conducted at what is now Indianapolis International Airport. Some of these references may instead apply to that airport, another site of extensive WPA work. Per The Indianapolis Star, "More than 600 WPA workers also prepared Stout Field for entry into World War II by upgrading the facility that had originally opened in 1927. The control tower and hangar were designed...
  • Community Center (demolished) - Evansville IN
    A community center at First Avenue and Franklin St. in Evansville, Indiana, which has since been torn down, was constructed with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The facility was also home to a WPA sewing project that provided employment for 750 women.
  • Wells County Public Library Improvements - Blufton IN
    This neoclassical building was first constructed in 1903, and was redecorated by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s.
  • Public Library (demolished) - Kokomo IN
    The library was completed in 1936 with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It has since been demolished.
  • Winklepleck Memorial Library Improvements - Odon IN
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided funds and labor for work on what is now known as the Winklepleck Memorial Library in Odon, Indiana.
  • Public Library - Cambridge City IN
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided funds and labor to construct parts of the library in 1936.
  • Public Library Improvements - New Albany IN
    After the Ohio River flood in 1937, the public library in New Albany—along with libraries in Aurora, Jeffersonville, and Lawrenceburg—was refurbished by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided materials and labor to get facilities back in “good condition.”
  • Public Library (demolished) Improvements - Lawrenceburg IN
    After the Ohio River flood, in 1937 the Lawrenceburg public library—along with libraries in Aurora, Jeffersonville, and New Albany—were furnished with materials and labor by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in order to get facilities back in “good condition.” This library has been demolished.
  • Public Library - Clinton IN
    This neoclassical building was completed with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  • Bear Creek Lake - Trevlac IN
    This appproximately 7-acre Lake impounding log earth dam, located in Yellowwood State Forest, was complete in 1939 with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
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