Start Year: 1938

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the City Hall in Jennings KS. The building has undergone several alterations and now houses the Jennings Public Library. According to the Decatur County - Kansas History Book, "In 1936 and 1937 the City Council voted a total of $17,000 in bonds for the construction of the city hall. WPA workers began construction in 1938 under the supervision of Joseph S. Flaska This project was completed in 1939. The North East section of the City Hall houses the Jennings City Library.”

In 1935, according to the Corvallis Gazette-Times, residents of Benton County requested that a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp be placed "on the shoulder" of Mary's Peak to build a road. Although such roads served forest management needs, this proposal emphasized the winter and summer recreational opportunities that they wished to develop with improved access to the upper heights of the tallest peak in Oregon's Coast Range. Road improvement and construction finally began in 1938 with the work of 50 CCC enrollees from a side camp of CCC Camp Nestucca and 25 Works Progress Administration (WPA) employees of the...

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Buchanan County Courthouse in Independence IA. The structure is designed in symmetrical PWA Moderne style in buff-colored brick. It is three stories over a full basement. The dedication took place on May 22, 1940 and attracted 4000 people. The building was designed by Dougher, Rich, and Woodbum of Des Moines, an  Iowa architectural firm that designed several PWA-funded public buildings, The courthouse was listed with the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It is still in use.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor participated in construction of this bridge, which carrier Biron Drive over a creek at the coordinates provided. On May 5, 1938, the Plover Town Board approved $1150.62 for the construction of a new bridge over a creek outflow into the Wisconsin River at the far western end of the township. (The bridge is closer to downtown Wisconsin Rapids than to downtown Plover.) Based on an inscription into the concrete, the concrete for the bridge was poured by Darwin Denver Wallace, a local tradesman who had operated a nearby gravel pit and built cement porches for neighbors...

The National Youth Administration (NYA) built a tennis court at Neubecker Park in Casselton, North Dakota in 1938. The exact location and status of the project are unknown to Living New Deal. Work on an NYA project in Neubecker park here on construction of a tennis court will begin Monday, according to George Griffeth, recreational director. The Casselton park board will sponsor the court. Decision to build the court was made at meeting of organization presidents called by Mrs. Dorothy Maguuson of Fargo, NYA county supervisor.

The Works Progress Administration constructed a stone bandstand in the park on the south side of North Ave. E, west of South B St., in Richardton, North Dakota. Article: "Construction of a large band stand is under way in the Lions' park here. It is going up with the aid of WPA labor and funds."

Almost ten years after the Astoria Savings Bank failed in the 1929 stock market crash, Public Works Administration (PWA) funds paid for its new life as Astoria's City Hall. Renovation on the three-story, neoclassical structure, built in 1923, began in 1938. The new city hall opened in March 1939. Offices for the Astoria School District joined the municipal offices at that time. The City of Astoria awarded the $13,474 renovation contract to the Astoria architectural firm Hellstrom & Mittet in December 1938. The City received funds to construct a new police and fire department office at the same time in the...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a band stand in Lions' Park in Richardton, North Dakota. The location and status of this project (or even the park) is unknown to Living New Deal.

The historic post office in Forest, Mississippi was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1938. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.

The historic New Deal post office in downtown Columbus, Mississippi was constructed in 1938-9 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is still in operation. The facility is now known as the Downtown Station post office.