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  • Otis Park Privy - Bedford IN
    Made of small, flat stone, and featuring a flat wood door, it was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937.
  • Otis Park Retaining Walls - Bedford IN
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed these walls in 1937.
  • Otis Park Shelter House - Bedford IN
    Works Progress Administration (WPA) stone construction and chimneys, gable, full width front porch, stone supports, gabled entry,  flat windows. Constructed in 1937.
  • Ottawa National Forest, Lake Ottawa Recreation Area - Bruce Crossing MI
    "Lake Ottawa Recreation area is in a beautiful forested northwoods setting located 5 miles southwest of Iron River, Mi., on the Iron River Ranger District. Located in the general area is Lake Ottawa, Brule Lake, Hagerman Lake, Brule River, Bass Lake, the Historic Mile Post Zero/Treaty Tree, The Ge-Che Trail, and miles of hiking trails. Lake Ottawa Campground is 95% surrounded by National Forest System Land and offers a picnic shelter with two stone fireplaces and original log picnic tables, and two log toilet buildings, which were constructed by the CCC in the late 1930's. A pressurized water system and...
  • Ottawa Park Amphitheater - Toledo OH
    "The historic Amphitheater in Ottawa Park was WPA constructed in 1935-1936. It is located on a sloping piece of ground surrounded by trees in a bird sanctuary section of the park. The 500 tons of stone came from a quarry near Whitehouse. The small scrubs and trees planted then are now nearly 100 feet tall! Over the years the seating area has been rebuilt, a handicap accessible ramp added, a stage with backdrops, electricity, and a storage facility. It holds about 750 people. It is the only venue for free open air concerts in this area."
  • Otter River State Forest - Baldwinville MA
    According to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, “After the state acquired the land, it was reforested with groves of pines which were planted by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The CCC also built the first campground sites in the area.”  
  • Ouabache State Park - Bluffton IN
    CCC Camp #1592 did extensive work in Ouabache State Park, including, among other things, building shelters and the Kunkel Lake. Today, the park offers a tour of CCC structures. In 2014, a new statue commemorating the CCC was installed in the park.
  • Ouabache State Park Barn (Park Office) - Harrison IN
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) completed this structure in 1935 under the supervision of Denzel Doggett.
  • Ouabache State Park CCC Gate Posts - Harrison IN
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built these stone walls with decorative cast in 1935 under the supervision of Denzel Doggett.  The gate led to the CCC Camp.
  • Ouabache State Park Custodian's Cottage - Bluffton IN
    The custodian's cottage was completed in 1936 by New Deal agencies (most likely either the Civilian Conservation Corps or the Works Progress Administration ). The style of the cottage is classified as parks rustic. Today the building is the assistant park manger's residence.
  • Ouabache State Park Entrance Marker - Bluffton IN
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) or Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed an entrance marker to Ouabache State Park. The marker consists of two stone posts that are about 10' high.
  • Ouabache State Park Lookout Fire Tower - Harrison IN
    This metal tower was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1935 and 1936 under the supervision of Denzel Doggett.
  • Ouabache State Park Rustic Oak Shelters - Harrison IN
    These shelters were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), designed  in park rustic style by Denzel Doggett. One was constructed in 1933, the other between 1935 and 1936.
  • Ouabache State Park Trails End Shelter - Harrison IN
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) completed this structure in 1935, under the supervision of Denzel Doggett. In consists of stone support piers, a post, and beam walls. The CCC designed and constructed the shelter with park rustic style.
  • Ouabache State Park Wells County State Forest Lodge - Bluffton IN
    The Wells County State Forest Lodge sits on a lightly wooded hillside. The Lodge was completed between 1935 and 1936. The Wells County State Forest Lodge was probably constructed by both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  • Ouabache State Park Wells County State Forest Service Building - Bluffton IN
    The service building was completed by new deal agencies (most likely either the Civilian Conservation Corps or the Works Progress Administration ) in 1936. The style of the building is classified as parks rustic. According to original blueprints, the building originally housed stables, offices, facilities for engine repair, and a hospital.
  • Ouachita National Forest - Crystal Springs AR
    Camp Clearfork Historic District: "The ten buildings, one site and one structure that compose the contributing resources to the Camp Clearfork Historic District were constructed by members of the 741st Company of the Arkansas CCC District stationed at the Crystal Springs Camp that was located close nearby. This complex, constructed circa 1935, served as a public recreational area within Ouachita National Forest (ONF) as part of the CCC's emphasis upon recreational construction that began in earnest that same year. This complex, with its dam and lake, staff and caretaker’s buildings, cabins and bathhouses functioned purely as a recreational facility, as it...
  • Ouachita National Forest Improvements - Athens AR
    Constructed by the 742nd Company of the Arkansas Civilian Conservation Corps District stationed at Mena Camp, this was "…part of a small public recreational complex within the Ouachita National Forest…" (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program). The site includes two dams, a bathhouse, and a picnic shelter, which remain in use.
  • Oury Park Entrance - Tucson AZ
    The Works Progress Administration built the entrance gate to Oury Park in Tucson.
  • Outdoor Swimming Pool (former; TWU) - Denton TX
    Located behind the Dance-Gymnastics Laboratory Building, the outdoor swimming pool (and accompanying brick entrance building) was constructed between 1928 and 1940 by the W.P.A. The W.P.A. contributed $25,000 toward the project. While the building is still extant, the pool itself was filled in ca. 2014.
  • Outdoor Theater - Clemson SC
    "The Outdoor Theater was built as a gift of the Class of 1915, and designed by one of its members and the university's first architecture graduate, Leon LeGrand. It was built in cooperation with the Work Projects Administration. The Art Deco stage was nearly demolished and replaced in 1977, but protests prompted its renovation and the addition of concrete terraced seating. It is a contributing property to the Clemson University Historic District II (NRHP)."
  • Overlook Park Shelter and Comfort Station - Portland OR
    Acquired by the City of Portland in 1930, the ten-acre Overlook Park required improvements during the Depression years if it were to serve adequately the north Portland Overlook neighborhood, which had reached full development during the 1920s real estate boom. The site sits in a ravine and on  a former garbage dump; additional fill was added over several years to level the area. By 1937, the process of settling was complete and the park was prepared for more extensive development. In 1938, Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers undertook the largest and most significant part of the park plan – the Shelter...
  • Overlook Park Wading Pool - Portland OR
    Overlook Park sits on a bluff above the east bank of the Willamette River in the north Portland Overlook neighborhood. Recognizing the demand for recreational opportunities in a neighborhood built-out during the 1920s, the City of Portland acquired land for the park in 1930. Developing the park during the Depression Era, however, placed two pressures on this as well as other neighborhood parks – increased demand for affordable activities and a decrease in city funds for the development. Progress in attaining the improvements identified in the Overlook Park general plan depended on relief funding. In addition to landscaping, playground equipment, a...
  • Overlook Shelter on Brian Head Peak - Dixie National Forest UT
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Overlook shelter on Brian Head Peak in the Dixie National Forest in 1935.  The rustic stone shelter at 11,300 feet provides a panoramic view of the Cedar Breaks, which were declared a national monument by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.  The CCC team also built the road up to the overlook. A CCC camp had been established at Zion National Park in 1933, and in 1934 the CCC set up a 'stub camp' (closed in the winter months) at Cedar Breaks. In 1935, work teams were sent into Dixie National Forest where they worked...
  • Overton Park Band Shell (now Levitt Shell) - Memphis TN
    Currently known as Levitt Shell, in recognition of funding that saved it from demolition, the Overton Park band shell was constructed by the WPA and City of Memphis in 1936 for $11,935. It has almost been demolished twice.
  • Owen F. Dolen Park - Bronx NY
    "From the New York City Parks Department press release of March 14, 1941, announcing the "completion of reconstruction at Owen F. Dolen Park": ...two half-acre plots, separated by Benson Street, serve chiefly as pedestrian connections and sitting areas with open central grass areas bounded by four foot wrought iron fences and trees. Continuous benches line the interior walks and boundary sidewalks, providing adequate seating accommodations for this densely populated section. The existing walks of cinders, bluestone and macadam have been widened and rebuilt of concrete. Street trees have been planted along all curbs except adjacent to the West Chester Avenue elevated...
  • Owen Park Bandshell - Eau Claire WI
    The Donald "Sarge" Boyd Bandshell was constructed at a cost of $10,000 in 1937-38 from funding provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Bandshell is located in Owen Park ...
  • Owensboro High School: Rash Stadium Additions - Owensboro KY
    The Works Progress Administration built additions and made improvements to the Rash Stadium in Owensboro. The current home side was built in 1940 as one of the WPA programs in Owensboro, KY. In 1940, the WPA appropriated $30,926 for the construction of additions to the Rash Stadium. An additional $10,016 was approved in July 1941 for additional improvements carried out by the WPA. The improvements consisted of, "a drainage system, a running track, repairing the seats in the old stadium, and a concrete wall round the football field." (Brown Heflin 1984)
  • Owl's Head Mountain - Peacham VT
    The Owl's Head summit is one of the areas in Groton State Park developed by the CCC: "In 1933, CCC Company 146 from Rhode Island was stationed along the road to Osmore Pond. Approximately ¾ mile from the campground on the left, you will see the remains of a stone fence at the entrance to the camp, the Recreation Hall chimney, and cellar holes. Company 146 was responsible for building structures at New Discovery, Osmore Pond, Owl’s Head, and Kettle Pond... A stone fire tower built in 1935 is the highlight at the summit . As you are hiking to the summit,...
  • Owl's Head Park Playground - Brooklyn NY
    A March 27, 1936 Department of Parks press release announced the opening of this new WPA playground: "The Department of Parks will open ten new playgrounds Saturday, March 28, making a total of 125 added to the recreational system in two years. …at Owl's Head Park there will be a wading pool, an area for group games, four slides, six kindergarten slides, kindergarten swings, large swings, see-saws, a jungle gym and a baby jungle gym… All of these playgrounds were constructed as Works Progress Administration projects." Today, the NYC Parks website declares that "Owl's Head Park is now one of the premier parks in...
  • Oxon Run Playground - Washington DC
    In 1942, the Lanham Act allocated 7 acres and funding for the Federal Works Agency (FWA) to construct sports facilities at Oxon Run at Mississippi Avenue between 4th and 6th Streets, SE.   It is unknown is the Oxon Run pool dates from this period and if any remnants of the New Deal work remain at the site. The playground preceded what is now Oxon Run Park, a 300 acre area created in 1971 and still a major recreation area today, with bicycle paths, jogging paths, and a baseball diamond.
  • Ozark National Forest - Hagarville AR
    The WPA and the CCC worked in Ozark National Forest, including building Lake Wedington and the surrounding recreation area and three natural stone cabins on White Rock Mountain. The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program further describes CCC activity in the area as follows: "The seventy contributing resources that comprise the Gray Spring Recreation Area/Forest Service Road #1003 Historic District (Ozark-St. Francis National Forest) were constructed in 1934-35 by the enrollees of the 748th Company of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Arkansas District, working out of their camp at Cass, Arkansas (located approximately five miles to the east of this district).  The Cass camp...
  • P.H. Hoeft State Park - Rogers City MI
    The CCC did extensive work in the park, including building a day use area and an impressive log and stone picnic pavilion on the shores of Lake Huron.
  • P.S. 108 Playground - New York NY
    The New York Times reported that WPA laborers had begun work in late 1941 on a playground on the "eastern half of the block bounded by Madison Avenue, Park Avenue, East 108th Street and East 109th Street." The playground was built for a new school to be built adjacent to it the following year.
  • Pachaug State Forest - Voluntown CT
    Pachaug State Forest is the largest forest in Connecticut. After the land was acquired by the state, "Laborers from New Deal programs such as the ... Civilian Conservation Corps then turned these newly acquired lands into usable open space ..." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)’s Camp Lonergan, which housed Company #179, was stationed at Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown, Connecticut. The camp was established June 6, 1933 and was discontinued May 28, 1942. A CCC Museum exhibit discusses the camp's accomplishments. "The largest state forest in Connecticut was home to a camp named after Senator Augustine Lonergan. A shingle mill was set up near...
  • Pacific Crest Trail Santiam Trailhead (improved Skyline Trail Santiam Trailhead) - Willamette National Forest OR
    The Oregon Skyline Trail, a portion of today's Pacific Crest Trail, was established in 1920. Its popularity among hikers and climbers grew to such an extent that a 1934 study of trail conditions produced a detailed report. Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees provided much of the labor for the recommended improvements. Improvements included relocation of stream fords due to hazardous or inconvenient conditions, alternative routes over portions of the trail, evaluation of campsites, recommendations for building of shelters, latrines, and garbage pits, and new trail signs and maps. Construction of shelters on the Skyline Trail was one notable priority facilitated by CCC...
  • Packers Meadows CCC Camp F-23 - Selway Forest ID
    The Civilian Conservation Corps built a camp F-23 at Packers Meadows, Selway Forest, Idaho.
  • Paerdegat Park - Brooklyn NY
    The New York Times reported in 1941 that, as part of WPA efforts, Brooklyn would receive six new playgrounds, located at: "Third Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, Second Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway and Fifty-second Street, Albany and Foster Avenues, Park and Nostrand Avenues and Eastern Parkway Extension and Fulton Street." Paerdegat Park is the fourth site described. New York City's Parks Department website writes: "The land for Paerdegat Park was acquired by purchase and condemnation in 1941 and became a park that same year." Construction on the park was completed in January 1943. A press release announcing the opening...
  • Painted Desert Inn: Construction - Petrified Forest National Park AZ
    The delightful Painted Desert Inn was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working under the National Park Service (NPS), with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA).  They completely rebuilt a private inn called the Stone Tree House, which had been constructed in the 1910s, which was purchased and added to the Petrified Forest National Monument in 1936 (the monument had been designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and  was elevated to Petrified Forest National Park in 1962). The design of the Desert Inn by the NPS's Lyle Bennett is Pueblo Revival style, which was popular in the Southwest...
  • Painted Desert Inn: Interior Decorations - Petrified Forest National Park AZ
    The delightful Painted Desert Inn was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working under the National Park Service (NPS), with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA), from 1936 to 1940. The design of the Desert Inn by the NPS's Lyle Bennett is Pueblo Revival style, which was popular in the Southwest at the time. It features a flat roof, stucco walls and rounded corners, with open beam ceilings and protruding roof timbers.   There are elegant interior decorations done by the CCC enrollees, including etched floors, wooden furniture, metal light fixtures and painted skylight glass. Walls murals were added...
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