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  • Oliver School - Stamford TX
    Buff Brick building with tower above the entrance with the name "Oliver School". Decorative cement work around the entrance. The plaque at entrance says: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WORKS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAROLD L. ICKES ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OLIVER SCHOOL 1939" A passage in Corsicana newspaper article with title of "Texas is Granted Additional Funds for PWA Project" tells us the Stamford was awarded $40,500 in 1938 to build a school.
  • Onamia Municipal Hall - Onamia MN
    The Onamia Municipal Hall in Onamia, MN, was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. The building housed a community room, a council chamber, the jail, and the fire hall. The town first tried to obtain funding for a community hall from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The project was estimated at $8,500 and was turned down. According to a 1985 National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, "nterest in a community hall project was revived following the establishment of the Works Progress Administration in 1935. New, lower estimates of construction costs were obtained. These estimates, along with the possibility that the...
  • Ontario Museum of History and Art - Ontario CA
    The Works Progress Administration built the City Hall of the City of Ontario. The ceremonial grand opening took place in 1937.   The structure currently houses the Ontario Museum of History and Art. 
  • Ordway St. and Posen Ave Sidewalks - Albany CA
    The Works Progress Administration built sidewalks on Ordway St. and Posen Ave in Albany CA in 1939.
  • Oregon Department of Forestry Headquarters (former) - Sisters OR
    This former Department of Forestry building was purchased by a private owner to preserve and live in after it was vacated by the DoF in 2011. From the Nugget Newspaper: "County records show that the residence was built in 1938. What is still unclear is who built the building. One former resident had heard that a private construction company from Salem built the structure; not the Civilian Conservation , who built many of the department buildings throughout the state. However, Bill Willitts found the CCC marker cut into the siding of the building in one of the rooms, showing that there was...
  • Oregon State Capitol Building - Salem OR
    "The Oregon State Capitol replaces a structure which was destroyed by fire in 1935. It occupies the site of the former building and is the dominating feature of a well-designed city plan. A mall has been laid out from the main façade of the capitol, cutting through several city blocks, which will be flanked on each side by future buildings of the State government, one of which, the State library, has already been constructed. It is one of the few PWA projects for which an architect was selected through competition. The first floor is occupied by offices and work space for...
  • Oregon State Forester's Office Building: Exterior - Salem OR
    The Oregon State Forester’s Office was designed by a US Forest Service architect and constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers after preparation of the site by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this structure is considered one of Oregon’s best examples of a building in the National Parks style. Timberline Lodge heads the list in this category but the Oregon State Forester’s Office, although significantly smaller, shows a remarkably high quality of workmanship as well. Linn A. Forrest, the US Forest Service Architect associated with Timberline Lodge’s floor plan and elevations, produced the...
  • Oregon State Forester's Office: Interior - Salem OR
    Constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the interior of the Oregon State Forester’s Office demonstrates a high level of craftsmanship. Its interior was decorated by a wood carver employed in the Federal Arts Program of the WPA with finishes to window frames and wood floors provided by workers supported by the National Youth Administration (NYA). Making every room in the office building distinctive, different Oregon native woods were selected to panel each room – and each ceiling received a special treatment as well. Eighteen native woods are used in the interior. Eugene based artist Arthur Clough carved the stairway railing...
  • Orick Elementary School - Orick CA
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided the bulk of funding for a new school for the small town of Orick in Humboldt County. Orick was a lumber town when the school was built in 1935-36 and much in need of school facilities.  The style of the building is Mission Revival, much in vogue in California at the time but not so frequent along the North Coast where wood frame building were most common. The PWA report by Short and Stanley-Brown provides more details about the site:  'The new building contains two large and two small classrooms with a stage at the...
  • Otsego Ave. Sidewalks - Lowell MA
    The Works Progress Administration built sidewalks on Otsego Ave. The plaque embedded in the sidewalk has no date. 
  • Overhead Water Tank - Sacramento CA
    ' is one of...the largest reinforced concrete elevated water tanks ever constructed. Each one has a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons and both are in the city of Sacramento.' (total cost: $703,554) The tank pictured here is located at the location above, and the other is West of 33rd st between J and L streets. In a postmodern turn, the structure now hosts many cellular antennas.
  • Overlook Shelter on Brian Head Peak - Dixie National Forest UT
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Overlook shelter on Brian Head Peak in the Dixie National Forest in 1935.  The rustic stone shelter at 11,300 feet provides a panoramic view of the Cedar Breaks, which were declared a national monument by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.  The CCC team also built the road up to the overlook. A CCC camp had been established at Zion National Park in 1933, and in 1934 the CCC set up a 'stub camp' (closed in the winter months) at Cedar Breaks. In 1935, work teams were sent into Dixie National Forest where they worked...
  • Owen County Gymnastics - Spencer IN
    In 1939, the Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Owen County Gymnastics center located in a former National Guard Armory in Spencer IN. 
  • Owensboro High School: Rash Stadium Additions - Owensboro KY
    The Works Progress Administration built additions and made improvements to the Rash Stadium in Owensboro. The current home side was built in 1940 as one of the WPA programs in Owensboro, KY. In 1940, the WPA appropriated $30,926 for the construction of additions to the Rash Stadium. An additional $10,016 was approved in July 1941 for additional improvements carried out by the WPA. The improvements consisted of, "a drainage system, a running track, repairing the seats in the old stadium, and a concrete wall round the football field." (Brown Heflin 1984)
  • Owensville Elementary School Addition - Owensville MO
    In 1939, the PWA funded a $33,000 addition on the south side of the original Owensville Elementary School, seen to the left of the hexagonal structure. Presently this building is occupied by a Montessori school.
  • Owl Spring Outhouses - Box Elder County UT
    Several outhouses in Grouse Creek were erected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939. The outhouses feature inscriptions in their cement foundations.
  • P.J. Jacobs High School - Stevens Point WI
    P.J. Jacobs High School (now a junior high school) was built by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers with Public Works Administration (PWA) money between 1936-1938. Until the 1970’s it was the city’s only Public Coed 4 year (grades 9 – 10 – 11 & 12) Senior High School. A large, handsome sandstone building constructed in late Art Deco style, the school boasts stained glass windows depicting famous literary and scientific figures over several of the doorways, wide halls, exquisite golden oak wood paneling, marble window ledges, ceramic tiles representing the technology of the times, terrazzo stairs, and chandeliers that hang...
  • P.S. 2: Alfred Zimberg School - Flushing NY
    The original part of the current P.S. 2 school building on 21st Avenue in East Elmhurst, Queens, was constructed during the mid-1930s as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The building bears a 1935 cornerstone, and a plaque cites the construction dates as 1935-6. Funding for the school was part of a larger PWA grant allotted for the building of three schools and a hospital wing in Queens and the Bronx. PWA Docket No. NY 7582.
  • Pacific Terrace Sidewalks - Klamath Falls OR
    Two 'WPA 1940' stampings are located in concrete sidewalks along the NE side of Pacific Terrace. One stamping exists on the the block between Melrose and Portland Streets. An even better-quality WPA stamping can be seen at the corner of Del Moro St and Pacific Terrace which also includes a stamping of 'Pacific Terrace' nearby. Multiple original sections of WPA sidewalks survive along the NE side of Pacific Terrace between Melrose and Van Ness Streets.
  • Pactola Lake CCC Camp - Black Hills National Forest SD
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) maintained a camp at Pactola Lake SD from 1933 to 1940.  It was designated Camp F-4 and worked under the supervision of the US Forest Service.  Recruits at Camp F-4 worked chiefly in the Black Hills National Forest of western South Dakota. "Camp F-4 was part of a national CCC program to renovate forests and build more recreation areas. Work projects, supervised by the USDA Forest Service, included tree thinning, pruning and planting, fire prevention and suppression; rodent, insect and disease control, grazing land improvement and recreation area development. Enrollees removed dead, diseased, suppressed and excess...
  • Painted Desert Inn: Construction - Petrified Forest National Park AZ
    The delightful Painted Desert Inn was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working under the National Park Service (NPS), with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA).  They completely rebuilt a private inn called the Stone Tree House, which had been constructed in the 1910s, which was purchased and added to the Petrified Forest National Monument in 1936 (the monument had been designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and  was elevated to Petrified Forest National Park in 1962). The design of the Desert Inn by the NPS's Lyle Bennett is Pueblo Revival style, which was popular in the Southwest...
  • Painted Desert Inn: Interior Decorations - Petrified Forest National Park AZ
    The delightful Painted Desert Inn was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working under the National Park Service (NPS), with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA), from 1936 to 1940. The design of the Desert Inn by the NPS's Lyle Bennett is Pueblo Revival style, which was popular in the Southwest at the time. It features a flat roof, stucco walls and rounded corners, with open beam ceilings and protruding roof timbers.   There are elegant interior decorations done by the CCC enrollees, including etched floors, wooden furniture, metal light fixtures and painted skylight glass. Walls murals were added...
  • Painted Desert Inn: Water Supply - Petrified Forest National Park AZ
    The Painted Desert Inn was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working under the National Park Service (NPS), with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA).  They completely rebuilt a private inn called the Stone Tree House, which had been constructed in the 1910s, which was purchased and added to the Petrified Forest National Monument in 1936 (the monument had been designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and  was elevated to Petrified Forest National Park in 1962).  The reconstruction was done in 1937-40. The Stone Tree House had no water supply, so the CCC enrollees brought running water via...
  • Palisades Interstate Park: Alpine Pavilion - Alpine NJ
    The Civil Works Administration built the Alpine Pavilion in Palisades Interstate Park in Alpine NJ. Built in 1934 and used as a bathhouse until 1944, the Pavilion was restored in 2016 and is used for picnics and gatherings.
  • Palisades Interstate Park: Englewood Picnic Area, Bloomer's Beach Bathhouse, and Refreshment Stand - Englewood Cliffs NJ
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) built the Bloomer's Beach Bathhouse and Refreshment Stand in the Palisades Interstate Park in Englewood Cliffs NJ. The Palisades Interstate Park Bathhouse served swimmers in the Hudson River until swimming at the beach was terminated during World War II. Since then, the Bathhouse has fallen into ruin, but the refreshment stand remains. The CWA also built the picnic pavilion at the nearby Englewood Picnic Area. By the 1920s the Englewood Picnic Area and Boat Basin was a vigorous facility with swimming, boating basin, picnicking, and ferry service that brought visitors from upper Manhattan. New Deal workers added a snack bar...
  • Palisades Interstate Park: Henry Hudson Drive - Alpine NJ
    The Henry Hudson Drive provides access to sections of the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey located on the banks of the Hudson River. The section of the drive from the Englewood Cliffs entrance to the Edgewater entrance were built by New Deal laborers.  (A section to the north of this portion precedes the New Deal.) Three New Deal agencies—the Civil Works Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Works Progress Administration—were involved in the construction of the road. Further north, the Alpine Approach Road and its retaining walls in the northern section of the park were also built by New Deal...
  • Palisades Interstate Park: State Line Lookout - Alpine NJ
    The Works Progress Administration built facilities at the Palisades Interstate Park, State Line Lookout in Alpine NJ. The park facilities include a snack bar, hiking trails, picnicking facilities, cross-country skiing, scenic views of Palisades and Hudson River.
  • Palisades Park Sculpture - Santa Monica CA
    An 18-foot art deco sculpture, "Santa Monica" by Eugene Morahan, is located in Palisades Park at the foot of Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica, CA. It was created in 1934 with funding from the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP).
  • Palmetto State Park - Gonzales TX
    Palmetto State Park is located on the San Marcos River between Luling and Gonzales, Texas in Gonzales County and is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The park consists of 270 acres of land purchased from the City of Gonzales and private owners. The park was constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Companies 873, 886, and 1823(CV) between 1934 and 1937, with some funding from the National Park Service and opened to the public as a state park in 1936. The CCC built Park Road 11, a low water crossing on the San Marcos River, water tower/storage building, refectory,...
  • Palmyra Borough Hall - Palmyra NJ
    The old Palmyra Methodist Church (later Society Hal), built in 1854, was acquired by the borough. The Works Progress Administration moved the structure forty feet further from the railroad and lifted the building to create a basement. The building was brickfaced and a colonial-style cupola added. The architect of record was F. Herbert Radey. The work was completed in 1941.
  • Palmyra School Addition - Palmyra MO
    The length of this building faces to the east and has a new central building that is flanked by the PWA projects to the north and south.  To the south is the gymnasium and auditorium. To the north is the building labeled Grade School. The new central part of this complex replaced an older part of the public school that predated 1939. The PWA buildings have been well-maintained and are in excellent condition. All have a brick façade above a cut-rock base.
  • Palo Duro Canyon State Park - Canyon TX
    "PALO DURO CANYON STATE SCENIC PARK. Palo Duro Canyon State Scenic Park, in Armstrong and Randall counties twelve miles east of Canyon on Texas Highway 217, covers 16,402 acres of scenic geological strata and formations that are estimated to be several million years old... As the Great Depression heightened in March 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the establishment of four CCC camps of about 200 men each to work in the canyon for a period of five months. The park acreage was increased to its present size to better accommodate the CCC crews, who built El Coronado Lodge and six...
  • Palomar Mountain State Park - Palomar Mountain CA
    Palomar Mountain State Park is home to a variety of hiking, camping and other outdoor activities, as well as to the Palomar Observatory. New Deal work included an access road to the observatory as well as the construction of numerous other trails and camp facilities. Different sources cite the CCC and the WPA alternatively. While the CCC must have been responsible for the general park work, it seems that one or more of the access roads may have been built by the WPA. In fact, this may have been the first WPA project in San Diego County.
  • Pamlico County Courthouse - Bayboro NC
    From volume II of a 1978 report entitled 100 Courthouses, A Report on North Carolina Judicial Facilities: "In 1938 the Works Progress Administration, with Raymond Fuson serving as architect, built a new building in Bayboro." The new courthouse was Neoclassical in style. "The plain interiors echo...the realities of the Depression era when money for decorative frills was scarce".
  • Park Avenue Observatory - Port Jervis NY
    The Park Avenue Observatory was built in 1934. Park Avenue was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps along the base of Mt. William as a scenic route into the city of Port Jervis and to provide employment to the people in Port Jervis. The observatory was built along the road the following year.
  • Park Retaining Wall - Coloma CA
    The WPA constructed a rock retaining wall in the parking lot at the James Marshall Monument, located within the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma, California.
  • Park Shelter - Hubbard IA
    This stone park shelter in the small town of Hubbard, Iowa, was built by the WPA in 1939.
  • Park Shelter #1 - West Salem, WI
    Located in Veterans Memorial Campground, Shelter #1 was a combined effort between La Crosse County and the WPA. It's 1937 stone structure is in amazing shape as it is maintained by the county. It sits across the campground drive from a static tank display and a memorial sign. The shingled roof is in fine condition as well.
  • Park Street Bridge - Alameda CA and Oakland CA
    The Park Street Bridge across the Oakland Estuary was built to connect the cities of Alameda and Oakland.  The Park Street approach is on the Alameda side; from Oakland the approach is from 29th Street. The bridge was funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA) when it was still called the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and completed in 1935. It is a bascule-type drawbridge to allow ships to pass beneath (rarely used today); the operator sat in the small tower on the east end of the bridge.   The construction is riveted steel girder, cantilever style, done by MacDonald and...
  • Patti Welder Middle School - Victoria TX
    Two buildings were constructed by the PWA on the campus of what was then the Patti Welder High School in 1936 and 1939 to serve as the town's junior high. This part of the campus was originally known as the Victoria Junior High School, but the whole campus was later renamed the Patti Welder Junior High School, and eventually, the Patti Welder Middle School. The 1936 building housed the administration, a library and four classrooms. The 1939 building provided a needed addition. The campus was already well established at that time and the new buildings were needed to accommodate the rapid...
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