West High School Stadium Improvements – Waterloo IA

City:
Waterloo, IA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Schools, Stadiums

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

An inventory of WPA project photographs compiled by Becky Jordan at Iowa State University includes reference to numerous public works projects undertaken by the agency in Iowa between 1935 and 1940. The collection of 1,271 photographs documents the variety and extent of New Deal related efforts undertaken in the Hawkeye State.

Included among the many WPA projects described in the collection is the West High School stadium (Project 1055) in Waterloo, Blackhawk County.

Source notes

Becky S. Jordan, “Inventory of Work Projects Administration (WPA),” Manuscript Number MS-260. Department of Special Collections, The Park Library, Iowa State University. August 1993.

Location Info

425 E Ridgeway Ave
Waterloo, IA 50702

Location notes: The marker indicates the location of West High School in Waterloo. According to the inventory compiled by Jordan, the school was the approximate site of WPA stadium improvement efforts.

Coordinates: 42.471221, -92.35211

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