- City:
- West St. Paul, MN
- Site Type:
- Sidewalks and Stairs, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1941
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted numerous sidewalk, curb, road, and other infrastructure projects in West St. Paul, Minnesota. Among the evidence for such projects:
On Gorman there’s a sidewalk slab with a 1941 WPA stamp.
A map as part of the source, The WPA in West St. Paul presents the location and an image of the stamps, which appears to be located at about 1088 Gorman Ave.
Furthermore, “According to a Dakota County Historical Society article, there’s a stretch of sidewalk at Haskell and Gorman Avenues that the WPA built in 1937—but no handy stamps to confirm that info.”
Source notes
The WPA in West St. Paul: https://weststpaulreader.com/2020/05/05/wpa-in-west-st-paul/ (accessed April 2022)
Dakota County Historical Society: https://www.dakotahistory.org/images/OvertheYears/OTY-200310-WPA.pdf (accessed April 2022)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 25, 2022.
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