Board of Water and Light Plant
Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities
Started: 1938
Completed: 1939
Designers: Lee and Kenneth Black
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Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was responsible for construction of the Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant in Lansing, Michigan.
“The Dye Conditioning Plant at 148 South Cedar Street was designed by Lansing architects Lee and Kenneth Black and constructed in 1938-39 by the WPA in a severe, geometric style. It is decorated by WPA/FAP artworks in various media. Appropriate to the building’s function, the theme of all of these works is water. This is the best local ensemble of government-sponsored art planned as a unity of architecture, sculpture and painting.”
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Plant cornerstone
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Plant detail
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Board of Water and Light Plant (rear)
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Board of Water and Light Plant
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Here are some photos of the exterior and interior of the Dye Plant: http://marvins-gardens.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-john-dye-water-treatment-plant.html.