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Milwaukie City Hall – Milwaukie OR

Milwaukie City Hall

A Public Works Administration (PWA) grant provided approximately forty-four percent of the cost of constructing Milwaukie’s City Hall in 1938. The simple Moderne style structure included space for the city’s fire department as well as meeting the city’s need for… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Portland Waldorf School (Milwaukie Junior High School) – Milwaukie OR

Portland Waldorf School

Doors of the Milwaukie Junior High School opened in November 1936 after the structure’s construction with funding from a Public Works Administration grant ($53,118) and a local bond issue ($65,000). The new building replaced a wooden school a short distance… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Sebasticook Bridge – Clinton ME

The Sebasticook Bridge is a 194 foot Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals over the Sebasticook River on Pleasant Street in Clinton Maine. It was one of 26 bridges in March 1936 severely damaged or destroyed by a 500… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)

Village Bridge – Detroit ME

The Village Bridge is 94 foot Warren pony truss bridge over East Branch Sebasticook River on ME 69/ME 220 in Detroit Maine. It was one of 26 bridges that were badly damaged or destroyed by a 500 year flood in… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)

Chehalem Cultural Center (Central School) – Newberg OR

Chehalem Cultural Center (Center School) - Newberg OR

As indicated by the Newberg Area Historical Society marker on site, a $15,000 Public Works Administration (PWA) grant allowed the Newberg School District to secure a $35,000 bond to build this brick building, occupied currently by the Chehalem Cultural Center…. read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Courthouse Improvements – Grenada MS

Grenada County was approved for WPA project 40079 for rehabilitation of the 1885 courthouse. The project was allotted $11,308 to include improving the boiler room, plastering, painting, and improving floors along with rearranging office space. The Grenada County Board of… read more

Project type: Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Hawkins School Gymnasium – Hattiesburg MS

The former Hattiesburg High School gymnasium was constructed 1936-1937 on Forrest Street. The two-story brick building in an Art Deco style was designed by architect Juan G. Landry, with construction superintendent Ed Carley and Oden and Glenn local contractors. Construction… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Gymnasium – Tylertown MS

The WPA project for the gymnasium/band building for Tylertown High School was approved January 1939 and construction began in February. The monolithic concrete gym was proposed for 120 x 110 feet, with a playing floor of 80 x 50. Each… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Community Building – Douglass KS

The Works Progress Administration built the community building in Douglass, KS. The building was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

David Rodgers Park Improvements – Seattle WA

The Seattle Park Department utilized funds and labor from the Civil Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration, as well as the state-based Washington Emergency Relief Administration, to complete a series of maintenance and improvement projects at David Rodgers Park…. read more

Project type: Stadiums, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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