Search Results for: demolished
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Red Hill Park Picnic Pavilion (demolished) – Purcell OK
The Works Progress Administration built the Red Hill Park Picnic Pavilion in Purcell, Oklahoma. However, the facility is no longer extant. According to the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory, “The Red Hill Park Pavilion is significant because it is the only intact structure… read more
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Mountain View Grade School (Demolished) – Mountain View OK
The Works Progress Administration built the Mountain View Grade School in Mountain View, OK. Contributor note: “This elementary school is part of the Mountain View-Gotebo School District. This is a stone, flat roofed school which has a large newer section added… read more
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Sheboygan Armory and Auditorium (Demolished) – Sheboygan WI
The Sheboygan Armory and Auditorium was built in 1941 by the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Supervising Architect was Edgar Stubenrauch, based in Sheboygan. Architectural Features: The two-story structure is representative of the Streamline Moderne/WPA Moderne style. The façade… read more
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Kern County Fairgrounds (demolished) – Bakersfield CA
The official birth of the Kern County Agricultural Fair was on August 5, 1916. It was located on 106 acres at Chester Avenue, two blocks north of 34th Street and just south of the Kern River Bridge. There were no… read more
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Augusta City Farm/Poor Farm (demolished) Repairs – Augusta ME
“During the winter of 1934-35, Augusta city officials called upon the ERA to assist in repairing the City Farm. This called for a tremenduous [sic] amount of material and labor but an agreement was made by the two parties whereby… read more
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State Highway 78 Bridge (Demolished) – Bonham TX
SH 78 bridge at Red River is the only surviving K-Truss bridge in Texas. It has an overall length of 2,108 feet, and provides a crossing between Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma. The “eight riveted K-truss through spans,… read more
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Walnut Creek Grammar School Playground Improvements (demolished) – Walnut Creek CA
The Walnut Creek grammar school operated from 1871 to 1956 to serve a very sparse population of 1,014 (1930 census). The shopping center Plaza Esquela has a plaque noting the former location of the Grammar School. WPA Project No. 165-3-3137,… read more
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School (demolished) Improvements – Port Chicago CA
WPA Project No. 65-3-4455, $3,800, App. Date 1-29-36. “Improvements to the Bay Pt. Schl.” Port Chicago was renamed in 1931 after being called Bay Point since the late 19th century. Due to its proximity to the the Concord Naval weapons… read more
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Littlepage Terrace (demolished) – Charleston WV
Littlepage was the first low income development built in West Virginia. Littlepage Terrace was the second WPA public housing project for low income residents authorized in West Virginia and was designated Project No. WVA 1-2; however, delays acquiring the land… read more
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Veterans Memorial Building (demolished) Improvements – Walnut Creek CA
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) performed minor repair work at the old wooden Veterans Memorial Building in Walnut Creek, California. “Dedicated in 1925, Walnut Creek’s Veterans Memorial Building served as a meeting place for local veterans and other organizations and… read more