Start Year: 1941

The Works Progress Administration built a new City Hall for Hearne in 1941. The former Hearne City Hall is located on the corner of 3rd and Cedar Streets. Built of native rock with white trim the building houses the city hall, fire station, and city council chamber. The council chamber was furnished with mahogany seats for those who wished to attend the meetings. The building was equipped with fluorescent lighting. This was the first building specifically built for a city hall since Hearne was incorporated in 1871. The contractor for the work was Lawrence Brady of Hearne. (The fire station bays have...

Artist Theodore Hussa, Jr. of Burlington, VT painted four murals for the Eastern States Exposition, with support from the Works Progress Administration Arts Project. Each mural depicts a major Vermont industry: Recreeation; Quarrying; Dairying; and Sugaring. Each murals measures 5' wide by 8' tall and is painted in "oil on special material." They were to be installed in Vermont Pavilion at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, MA, in September 1941. Their present whereabouts is unknown. A 1941 Burlington Free Press and Times article reads, "Gov. William H. Willis and Pierre Zwick, director of the Vermont art project of the  WPA, are shown...

"Description: Improve sanitary sewer system in and near Jamestown, Tuolumne County including constructing treatment plant, roads, walls, settling beds, drainage ditches, trestles, and manholes; excavating; installing pipe and appurtenances; backfilling; and performing incidental and appurtenant work. Publicly and privately owned property. Work on private property is to consist of constructing sewer pipe lines and roads for which proper agreements are to be obtained. Sponsor: Jamestown Sanitary District" WPA Proj. No. 165-1-08-348, Proj. Cost $50,346, Application Date May 28, 1941, Average Employed 148, Total Federal and Sponsor funds $68,153 There was only one original New Deal structure at the facility when I visited....

The Lamar Boulevard Bridge over Shoal Creek is a reinforced concrete bridge built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under project number 65-1-66-2822 in downtown Austin. The bridge has a 40 foot wide roadway and is 145.5 foot long on the downstream side and 187.83 foot long on the upstream side. The project employed an average of 70 workers. The WPA cost was $33,133 and the sponsor cost was $27,649. The bridge is still in use and is configured with four lanes - two northbound and two southbound.

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) project undertook grading and culvert construction efforts in Cimarron County along Oklahoma State Route 325, between Kenton and Boise City. As of 2018 more than 20 structures along this stretch of road bear a shield-shaped WPA imprint stamp. What is known in an ODOT historic survey as structure 'MM' bears a 1941 WPA stamp on its north superstructure. (The stamp is on the north side of the road, facing south.) The culvert is located on Route 325, east of Kenton, a driving distance of 3.9 miles.

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) project undertook grading and culvert construction efforts in Cimarron County along Oklahoma State Route 325, between Kenton and Boise City. As of 2018 more than 20 structures along this stretch of road bear a shield-shaped WPA imprint stamp. What is known in an ODOT historic survey as structure 'OO' bears a 1941 WPA stamp on its north superstructure. (The stamp is on the north side of the road, facing south.) The culvert is located on Route 325, east of Kenton, a driving distance of 3.3 miles.

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) project undertook grading and culvert construction efforts in Cimarron County along Oklahoma State Route 325, between Kenton and Boise City. As of 2018 more than 20 structures along this stretch of road bear a shield-shaped WPA imprint stamp. What is known in an ODOT historic survey as structure 'PP' bears a 1941 WPA stamp on its north superstructure. (The stamp is on the north side of the road, facing south.) The culvert is located on Route 325, east of Kenton, a driving distance of 2.9 miles.

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) project undertook grading and culvert construction efforts in Cimarron County along Oklahoma State Route 325, between Kenton and Boise City. As of 2018 more than 20 structures along this stretch of road bear a shield-shaped WPA imprint stamp. What is known in an ODOT historic survey as structure 'QQ' bears a 1941 WPA stamp on its north superstructure. (The stamp is on the north side of the road, facing south.) The culvert is located on Route 325, east of Kenton, a driving distance of 2.7 miles.

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) constructed this bath house in 1941-1942. Located at Lake Carlos, the facility includes a concession area, restrooms, and storage. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with other 4 structures, in 1987. A 1992 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form describes the formal characteristics of the Bath House: “The Bath House is a standard design utilized in many state parks with overall dimensions of 82'2" x 22'6". It consists of a split stone gable roofed central section containing a concession, restrooms, and storage areas flanked on either side by loggias which allow circulation through the building....

"Authorized by the California State Legislature in May 1939, the 35-A District Agricultural Association held its first annual county fair in Mariposa October 1939." A couple of years later the Work Projects Administration made major improvements. "WPA Project No. 165-1-08-292, Sponsor 35-A District Agricultural Association." "Description: Improve fairgrounds. Work includes constructing grandstand, exhibition buildings, barns, comfort station, concession hall, and office building; excavating; backfilling; roofing, painting; rehabilitating barns; installing water lines, tank, hydrants, plumbing, sewer and electric facilities; and performing carpentry, sheet metal, and incidental and appurtenant work. Publicly owned property." March 19, 1941, total Federal funds $72,092, average men employed 270, total...