High School Athletic Field Improvements – Camden NJ

More than 100 National Youth Administration (NYA) workers operated over three shifts to renovate the athletic fields (including football and baseball fields) at Camden High School in 1936.

High School Athletic Field Improvements – Greenville MS

The city of Greenville sponsored the Works Progress Administration project to improve the high school athletic field. The field was graded and bleachers added with a capacity to seat 2,000. The cost of the project was $2,122 and employed fifteen men…. read more

High School Athletic Field Improvements – Natchez MS

An application for the erection of a stadium grandstand at the Natchez High School was submitted September 7, 1935 to the Brookhaven WPA office. City bonds were used in addition to WPA labor to construct the grandstand on the west… read more

High School Auditorium and Gymnasium (Former) – Baldwin City KS

The Auditorium and Gymnasium is an addition to Baldwin High School built by the Works Progress Administration. Construction on the $72,000 project stopped in 1942 when WPA workers were pulled away to work on a site in Lawrence. The gymnasium… read more

High School Gymnasium – Hallsville MO

This gymnasium, built by the PWA in 1937, is on the south side of the Hallsville High school campus. It has a light red brick façade with windows on the south side for offices.

High School Stadium – Collingswood NJ

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a stadium for the high school in Collingswood, New Jersey ca. 1936. The current status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal. As of March 2018, Collingswood school officials are seeking voter… read more

High School Stadium – Rock Springs WY

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) started and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed a high school stadium in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was likely also involved, given the timeline in the article below. Casper Star-Tribune,… read more

High Sierra Ranger Station – Sierra National Forest CA

This ranger station on the Kaiser Pass Road is in remarkably good shape considering that the buildings are all original CCC built according to the elderly ranger there. There was a visitor center with maps and information for the public,… read more

Highbridge Park – Bronx NY

Located across the Harlem River from the larger Highbridge Park in Manhattan (also developed by the WPA), this small park located at the east end of the High Bridge, was built by the WPA in 1940. A Parks Department press… read more

Highbridge Park Pool – New York NY

NYC Parks describes the WPA’s role in developing the Highbridge Pool: “The Highbridge Pool and Recreation Center were built in 1936. The pool was the fifth of eleven city pools built with labor supplied by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works… read more

Highbridge Park: Sunken Playground – New York NY

In December 1936, the Department of Parks announced the completion of a new playground in Highbridge Park “equipped with wading pool, swings, see-saws, slides and jungle gym for younger children and a large play area with horizontal bars and ladders,… read more

Highland Park Development – Pittsburgh PA

“In Highland Park, WPA workers built stone steps throughout the park and modernized the main zoo building.”

Highland Park High School Stadium – Topeka KS

The Works Progress Administration built the Highland Park High School Stadium in Topeka KS.

Highland Park Improvements – Queens NY

Highland Park on the border of Queens and Brooklyn received new playground equipment for small children from the Department of Parks in August 1935. As explained here, all Parks projects at the time were carried out with New Deal labor… read more

Highland Park Playground Improvements – Seattle WA

In 1925, the Seattle Park Department purchased the site for Highland Park Playground at Thistle Street and 10th Avenue SW. The playground site saw few improvements during the late 1920s and early 1930s. A series of WPA projects between 1935… read more

Highland Park Playground Shelter House – Seattle WA

During the 1930s, with the help of Works Progress Administration funds and labor, the Seattle Park Department made significant improvements to Highland Park Playground. The largest of these improvement projects was the construction of a one-story brick shelter house in… read more

Highland Park Pool (demolished) and Bathhouse – St. Paul MN

In 1935-36, the WPA built a pool and bathhouse at Highland Park. The pool has long since been replaced. The stone bathhouse remains, though it is now boarded up.

Highland Park Swimming Pool and Bathhouse – Guthrie OK

“The swimming pool and bathhouse at Highland Park, built by the WPA in the 1930s is still in use today. Established in 1890, one year after the city was first settled in the Land Run of 1889, Highland Park is… read more

Highland Park Visitors Building – Kokomo IN

The rustic styled main building in Highland Park was built by the National Youth Administration (NYA) between 1937 and 1938. It houses the world’s largest sycamore stump, a local tourist attraction.

Highlands Museum – Highlands NC

“The Highlands Museum and Biological Laboratory, Inc. opened its first research laboratory in 1931. The Sam T. Weyman Memorial Laboratory, designed by Oscar Stonorov with Tucker & Howell, architects, received acclaim as the first example of the International Style of… read more

Highley Park Wall – Oklahoma City OK

“This is one of the small WPA projects that you stumble across in your travels. Highley Park is a small neighborhood park located on N. Virginia Avenue, between N.W. 7th and 8th. The park has a large grassy area, and… read more

Highway 16 Roadside Park – Fredericksburg TX

The brochure A Guide to Depression Era Roadside Parks in Texas lists at #9 the Highway 16 Roadside Park as an existing Works Progress Administration-era roadside park. The park is located South of Fredericksburg in Medina County. A site visit in March 2018… read more

Highway 81 Roadside Park (former) – Belton TX

Roadside park built by the National Youth Administration in Cooperation with the Texas Highway Department in 1936. The roadside park was along HWY-81 near the Lampasas River. When I-35 was built replacing HWY-81 the roadside park was destroyed. Located at… read more

Hillcrest Park – Clovis NM

“In Clovis, the Curry County Court House is listed as one of the buildings built in 1936. Twila Ky Rutter, Grant Facilitator and Procurement Clerk, unable to locate a photograph of the building as it was originally, referred me to… read more

Hillcrest Park – Fullerton CA

Originally built in 1920, it was improved by the WPA in the 1930s: “The Hillcrest Park area has been an important resource in Fullerton, ever since the 35-acre parcel was purchased by the city for $67,300 in 1920. Originally bare… read more

Hillcrest Recreation Center Improvements – Washington DC

In 1942, the Washington Post reported the approval of $40,270 in funding for the Federal Works Administration (FWA) to build and/or make improvements to the Hillcrest Recreation Center. This was the largest sum appropriated for parks work in the Lanham… read more

Hillsborough River State Park – Thonotosassa FL

“Opened in 1938, Hillsborough River State Park is one of Florida’s first state parks; this original CCC Park is divided by the swiftly flowing Hillsborough River with a set of Class II rapids. The river provides opportunities for fishing, canoeing,… read more

Hinchliffe Stadium Improvements – Paterson NJ

“Hinchliffe Stadium is a historic 10,000-seat municipal stadium in Paterson, built 1931–32 on a dramatic escarpment above Paterson’s National Historic Landmark Great Falls … It is one of only a handful of stadiums surviving nationally that once played host to… read more

Hines Park – Bronx NY

A New York City Park’s Department press release from December 4, 1939 announces the opening of three new WPA playgrounds, including Hines Park: “Hine’s Park at Fulton Avenue and East 167 Street is a triangular-shaped area containing a small children’s… read more

History Museum – Lakeport CA

Thanks to the assistance of the Lakeport History Museum, a former WPA built history museum was located. The WPA constructed the museum in 1936. The history museum was moved into a historic courthouse that had operated from 1871 to 1968… read more

Hither Hills State Park Improvements – Montauk NY

The Suffolk County News reported that between 1935 and 1936, the WPA “improved recreational facilities in [the] following State Parks [in Suffolk County]: Sunken Meadow, Heckscher, Wildwood, Orient Point and Hither Hills…”

Hiwassee Dam – Murphy NC

“Hiwassee Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the… read more

Hobart City Park – Hobart OK

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the City Park in Hobart, OK. Contributor note: “This large, well-equipped park is bordered on the north by E. Ash, on the south by E. Iris, on the east by N. Lincoln and on… read more

Hocking Hills State Park: Hiking Trails and Old Man’s Cave Unit – Logan OH

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) ran two camps at Hocking Hills State Park in Logan OH. The CCC built Hiking Trails and Old Man’s Cave Unit.

Hocking Hills State Park: Nature Program Cabin, Old Man’s Cave Unit – Logan OH

Originally the first aid cabin of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp, then a ranger station. Presently (January 2023) a venue for nature programs at the Hocking Hills State Park Visitor Center.

Hodag Park Bathhouse – Rhinelander WI

“The Hodag Park Bath House is a one-story, random rubble, hip-roofed building. It is Rustic, a style that was popular during the late 1930s. The Bath House was built circa 1938 (1939 photo, L. L. Cook Collection, SHSW; Rhinelander City… read more

Holdenville Fish Hatchery – Holdenville OK

“WPA projects both directly and indirectly affected fish and wildlife. More than 300 fish hatcheries were built or enlarged nationwide. Creating fish hatcheries was important economically, as well as for sport fisherman….Some of the fish hatcheries established or improved by… read more

Holland Stadium – Auburn NY

Originally known as East High Stadium, what is now Holland Stadium was constructed as a New Deal project undertaken during the Great Depression. Construction on the facility, which lies behind what is now known as Auburn Junior High School, occurred… read more

Hollenback Park Pool (former) – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways” in Wilkes-Barre. “Thanks to WPA labor, … [t]he Miner Park and Hollenback swimming pools were built.” Living New Deal believes the pool to be no longer extant.

Hollenbeck Park – Los Angeles CA

The Annual Report from 1932-33 of the Los Angeles Board of Park Commissioners describes federal involvement in the development of Hollenbeck Park: “With Reconstruction Finance corporation and County Welfare labor it was possible to improve this park by resurfacing 4,050… read more