Oroville Sites

Located across the river from the Feather River Fish Hatchery, this bathhouse was built by the WPA in the mid 1930s and contained showers and restrooms for swimmers and sunbathers. "In December of 1937, a major flood took out the beach area, large trees and altered the river creating a dangerous undertow, making it no longer suitable for recreation. The Bath House was soon then abandoned. In the fall of 1996, a group of community members gathered to clear the old bath house and in the process, decided to reclaim Oroville's first city park and make it into a Nature Center."

In 1936, the City of Oroville acquired 188 acres of grazing land north of the city to build a municipal airport. During 1941, the Works Project Administration (WPA) aided the city in extending the runways and increasing the airport's footprint to 428 acres. The Army leased the airfield during World War II and expanded it further.  (Wikipedia) The Oroville Municipal Airport is still active.

The Renaissance-revival style post office in Oroville CA was begun under President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and completed under President Roosevelt in 1933.  It is not known what portion of the funding came from the New Deal, but possibly less than half. The exterior and interior of the building are still in fine condition with original detailing. The supervising architect of the Treasury Department at the time was Frederick Meyer, but there may have been a local architect involved in the project, as was often the case.