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  • Griffith Park Clubhouse - Los Angeles CA
    "On Oct. 3, 1933, tragedy struck in the Mineral Wells area of Griffith Park. More than 1,500 public-relief workers in the park came rushing to put out a brush fire. Some climbed down into the steep canyon to fight the blaze, but having no firefighting experience, 29 of the workers were engulfed by fire and died. Two years later the WPA rebuilt the clubhouse that had burned in the fire." - https://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-22/local/me-59618_1_wpa-art-projects/2 "Following the fire which destroyed the original clubhouse, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Work Progress Administration built the current Clubhouse in 1937. Constructed in the Spanish Revival Architectural Style, the Clubhouse...
  • Griffith Park: Astronomers Monument - Los Angeles CA
    The Astronomers Monument at Griffith Observatory is one of L. Archibald Garner's well-known public works. It was completed in 1934 with Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) support. The Monument pays homage to six great astronomers: Hipparchus, Nicolas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and William Herschel. Although the Monument was Garner's design, he worked with five other sculptors to sculpt and cast it. Each artist was responsible for one astronomer. (One of the artists, George Stanley, was also the creator of the famous "Oscar" statuette.) "On November 25, 1934 (about six months prior to the opening of the Observatory), a...
  • Griffith Park: CCC Camps (former) – Los Angeles CA
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed three camps at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA, where they were stationed to carry out extensive improvements. The three camps, journalist Carren Jao writes, were "SP-13, which eventually was never used; SP-21, more commonly known as Camp Griffith Park and was visited by President and First Lady Roosevelt; and SP-40, which would eventually be occupied by Travel Town. All three sites would disappear from the park. The first was destroyed by fire of October 3, 1933. The latter two were dismantled as soon as CCC work in Griffith Park was deemed complete or near...
  • Griffith Park: Check Dams - Los Angeles CA
    These classic Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) check dams and other stonework along Vista Del Valle Drive are yet another example of the extensive improvements the New Deal carried out in Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
  • Griffith Park: Fire Fighting Sprinklers (demolished) - Los Angeles CA
    Starting in 1933, the R.F.C, CCC, and W.P.A. initiated efforts at constructing a sprinkler system that would cover the hillsides in the park and turn on in case of wild fires. In part, the project was as a result of the death of 29 county relief workers that perished in a fire Oct. 3rd 1933. Over time, the system has broken down and is completely non functional. According to National Archives records, the W.P.A. also built a fire break as part of its efforts in Griffith Park.
  • Griffith Park: Palo-Kangas Sculpture - Los Angeles CA
    Federal Art Project artist Uno John Palokangas (known as John Palo-Kangas) sculpted "Spirit of the CCC" (1935) for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) WWI Veterans Camp located at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA. Also known as "Iron Mike," the 10-foot Art Deco sculpture depicts a young man stripped to the waist and holding a shovel. World War I veteran Robert J. Pauley of Carmichael, CA, was the artist's model. Palo-Kangas told a reporter that the work would be called "Conservation of Man and Nature." President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the sculpture on October 1, 1935. During his visit to Los Angeles,...
  • Griffith Park: Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course - Los Angeles CA
    "WPA funds were responsible for various projects in park, including construction of a 9 hole golf course on the former Griffith Reservation. At the urging of Mayor Frank Shaw, it was named in honor of President Roosevelt in 1937."
  • Griffith Park: Vermont Canyon Tennis Complex - Los Angeles
    The CWA or the RFC (which early on in the New Deal directly hired temporary day labor) constructed a 12 court tennis complex in Griffith Park. Rubble wall construction typifies work done by the ND throughout the park.
  • Griffith Park: Wilson and Harding Golf Course Club House - Los Angeles CA
    A mission revival style building. In July 1933, the Illustrated Daily News reported that under various projects that were being initiated under the CWA and CCC in Griffith Park as part of the first large wave of mass employment projects was a club house and a sprinkler system for the golf course at a cost of $128,988. The plaque on the clubhouse though says Built by the United States Works Progress Administration 1937
  • Grizzly Dome Tunnel - Feather River Canyon CA
    Grizzly Dome Tunnel is one of three tunnels built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) along the Feather River Highway in northeast California.  The tunnels were the final pieces in the construction of the Feather River highway (highway 70)  by the State of California (1928-37). Grizzly Dome tunnel is the middle tunnel and the longest of the three, at 1178 feet.  It has "windows" cut into the north wall. The tunnels were blasted through solid granite in and around Grizzly Dome. Rock from the tunnels was used for rock safety walls along the highway.
  • Grossmont High School Buildings - El Cajon CA
    Though the high school was originally established in the 1920s, the WPA carried out several projects on the school grounds in the 30s: "Built by the New Deals Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression years 1936-37, our Gym has literally seen millions of individuals from the school and community pass through its doors to watch and participate in plays and musicals, the communitys Christmas Pageant, sporting events, assemblies, committee and district meetings, conventions, speeches, and practices and rehearsals of every conceivable kind. The Gym was even noticed in the April 13, 1959 issue of Life Magazine, highlighting the schools nominating...
  • Grove St. - San Francisco CA
    The WPA worked on Grove St. between Gough and Market.
  • Grover Cleveland Elementary School - Pasadena CA
    1 of 27 schools in Pasadena that were rebuilt, demolished, or reinforced after the 1933 Long Beach earthquake by either the WPA or PWA. 1909 School built 1914 Replaced with a new brick building. 1933 Damaged by the 1933 earthquake. 1935 Rebuilt by the PWA
  • Guerrero St. - San Francisco CA
    The WPA worked on Guerrero St. between Market and 14th St.
  • Gulf Avenue STEAM Elementary School - Wilmington CA
    Gulf Avenue Elementary School, which opened in 1923, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District for the rehabilitation of schools damaged in the severe 1933 Long Beach earthquake.  One hundred and thirty schools would benefit from the system-wide loan and grant, with 2,500 men to be employed in rehabilitation work over 21 months. Upon receiving news of the PWA allocation, Board of Education member Arthur Eckman told the Los Angeles Times, “I am sure that every member of the board agrees with...
  • Hagaman Park - Livingston CA - Livingston CA
    Henderson Park has a sister WPA-constructed park near Hillmar, called Hagaman Park. Both were designed by William Bedesen. Both have cobble stone-faced entrances.
  • Half Dome Climbing Cables Replacement - Yosemite National Park CA
    The Half Dome cables, originally installed in 1920 by the Sierra Club, were replaced and strengthened by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees in 1934. These cables allow thousands of people each year to hike to the top of this famous peak. The Half Dome trails runs from the valley floor to the top of Half Dome, over 8 miles (via the Mist Trail) with a 4,800-foot elevation gain.  The final 400 feet are so steep that   two steel cables, bolted to the rocks, are needed for handholds. Every Spring the cables are brought out from winter storage and  raised onto...
  • Half Moon Bay Union High School (former) - Half Moon Bay CA
    The high school moved to Foster Lewis Drive at some point, and this is now the Cunha Intermediate School. There is an elementary school directly next door that is built in an identical style and may also have been PWA, but further research is needed to confirm.
  • Hall of Records (former): Davis Mural – Los Angeles CA
    In 1937, with Federal Art Project (FAP) funding, Charles Hulbert Davis painted a mural, "Drake's Landing in California – 1579," at the Hall of Records in Los Angeles, CA. Davis' mural was located in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, alongside FAP murals by Lorser Feitelson, Helen Lundeberg, and Buckley MacGurrin (see linked projects). The Hall of Records, built in 1911, was demolished after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. The status of all five murals is unknown.
  • Hall of Records (former): Feitelson Mural – Los Angeles CA
    In 1937, with Federal Art Project (FAP) funding, Lorser Feitelson painted an oil-on-canvas mural for the Hall of Records in Los Angeles, CA. Feitelson's mural was located in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, alongside FAP murals by Charles H. Davis, Helen Lundeberg, and Buckley MacGurrin (see linked projects). The Hall of Records, built in 1911, was demolished after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. The status of all five murals is unknown. Feitelson was the FAP's supervisor of murals in Southern California from 1937 to 1943. His other FAP works in the region include a mural at Thomas Alva Edison Middle School in...
  • Hall of Records (former): Lundeberg Mural – Los Angeles CA
    In 1937, with Federal Art Project (FAP) funding, Helen Lundeberg painted an oil-on-canvas mural for the Hall of Records in Los Angeles, CA. Lundeberg's mural was located in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, alongside FAP murals by Charles H. Davis, Lorser Feitelson, and Buckley MacGurrin (see linked projects). The Hall of Records, built in 1911, was demolished after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. The status of all five murals is unknown. Lundeberg's other FAP works in the region include a pair of murals, "Quests of Mankind" (1940), at Canoga Park High School in Canoga Park, CA; a pair of murals, "History of...
  • Hall of Records (former): MacGurrin Murals – Los Angeles CA
    In 1937, with Federal Art Project (FAP) funding, Buckley MacGurrin painted two oil-on-canvas murals for the Hall of Records in Los Angeles, CA. MacGurrin's murals were located in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, alongside FAP murals by Charles H. Davis, Lorser Feitelson, and Helen Lundeberg (see linked projects). The Hall of Records, built in 1911, was demolished after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. The status of all five murals is unknown. MacGurrin's other FAP works include petrachrome murals, “Santa Paula” and “Youth," at Santa Paula High School in Santa Paula, CA.
  • Hamilton Field - Novato CA
    Hamilton Field was built in 1931 as a bomber base, was used as a refugee center during the Vietnam War, and was closed in 1974. The WPA built additions such as several hangars, the headquarters building, an officers mess, and company officers quarters (Short 1939). Today Hamilton Field is in the process of being converted into a housing development by private developers. As of a 2003 document, the city of Novato writes that the hangars will be converted into office space, the officers club will be used as a conference center, and the airman's barracks (possibly the company officer's quarters)...
  • Hamilton Field Officers Mess - Novato CA
    'The officers mess... has a setting of live-oak trees and California foliage. Like most of the buildings at Hamilton Field it has concrete foundations and hollow-tile walls above grade covered with stucco. Its roofs are covered wiht mission tile. The lounge has two huge fireplaces, rough-plaster walls, and a wood ceiling supported on wood trusses.' (PWA: $60,000) P.W.A. Federal Project No. 496
  • Hammel Street Elementary School (former) - Los Angeles CA
    The former Hammel Street Elementary School was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. Hammel was demolished to allow for the construction of Esteban Torres High School, which opened in 2010. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District for the rehabilitation of schools damaged in the severe 1933 Long Beach earthquake.  One hundred and thirty schools would benefit from the system-wide loan and grant, with 2,500 men to be employed in rehabilitation work over 21 months. Upon receiving news of the PWA allocation, Board of Education member Arthur Eckman told...
  • Hampton Park Preparation - Piedmont CA
    In the late 1920s, the city of Piedmont was outgrowing its schools and many classes were being held in temporary buildings.  In the 1930s, voters passed a bond issue and the school district undertook a major rebuilding program.  It took the assistance of the New Deal to get the job done, however.   One planned new school, in the St. James neighborhood, was never built.  Instead, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built retaining walls and leveled the site in anticipation of the new school.   The extensive concrete retaining walls, with Art Moderne touches, are still there at the corner of Hampton...
  • Hanford Hospital - Hanford CA
    New Deal hospital in Hanford, CA.
  • Hanford Municipal Park Improvements - Hanford CA
    Hanford received $5,000 in federal funds the for Municipal Park at the end of Douty Rd, used for community building, bandstand, athletic field, barbecues, 2 baseball diamonds, landscaping, irrigation, paths, etc.
  • Hanford Water Tower - Hanford CA
    New Deal water tower in Hanford, CA.
  • Harbor Construction Yard - Wilmington CA
    "The Harbor Construction and Maintenance Yard at Berth 161 has been at its current location at the corner of Pier A Street and Fries Avenue since 1920. In this year, several buildings were moved from an unknown location to the new yard. Then in January 1936 a fire at the yard destroyed a two-story machine shop building. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided the funding to construct new testing laboratory facilities and the consolidated machine shops. These buildings were completed in the fall of 1937. Two years later the PWA funded the construction of a new blacksmith and welding shop...
  • Harding Boulevard - San Francisco CA
    Cost $55,442 from Sea Cliff thru Lincoln Park to Point Lobos Avenue. Removed existing oiled surface and replaced with a 2 inch asphalt wearing surface for 8/10ths of a mile. Raised 800 lineal feet of settled gutter and sidewalks, resloped the cuts and landscaped the hill sides. It provided a scenic road overlooking Seal Rocks and the Golden Gate and forms the principal approach to the Palace of the Legion of Honor and the western end of the Lincoln Highway.--Healy, p. 48.
  • Harding Park Public Golf Club House - San Francisco CA
    Increased the space and facilities for the public use by building a golf club house with concrete floors, frame construiction with stucco exterior and plastic interior and tile roof, installing plumbing, heating and electric equipment, painting inside and out. Private clubs have no better appointments. This is a very popular golf course and the new facilities ahve added materially to the enjoyment of players--Healy, p. 55.
  • Harrison St. - San Francisco CA
    The WPA worked on Harrison St. between 10th and 14th Streets.
  • Hart Memorial Park - Bakersfield CA
    New Deal relief workers were instrumental in developing the old Kern River Park – now called the Hart Memorial Park.  The workers came from the State Emergency Relief Administration  (SERA) before 1935 and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) after that. (SERA was, in turn, funded by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)) Kern County  bought 338 acres of the old Baker Ranch in 1921 to create Kern River Park. After 1927, John Oliver Hart took charge of improvements to the park.  The most important developments at the park occurred under federal funding in the 1930s.  As Gilbert says: "Park projects that were...
  • Hart Park - Bakersfield CA
    "In 1921, the County provided funds to purchase the Park property and a token sum was provided by the City for construction along with a quantity of locally donated labor and funds until 1931. As the Great Depression began to take effect and jobs became few, construction at the Park got a boost from public works funds...At times, between 1932 and 1938, 50 to 200 WPA workmen were at work in Kern Park building rock work, swimming pool, roads, curbs and the large boat lake."
  • Hart Park - Orange CA
    Hart Park in Orange, California, was created in the 1930s by the City of Orange with the help of the State Emergency Relief Agency (SERA) and the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Orange City Park was the town’s first park. In 1935, a proposal was submitted for funding to build Orange City Park with $30,963 from the WPA for relief labor and $12,362 in local funds for materials, employing 66 men for 11 months. The proposal was approved in early 1936 and the work probably continued for the next two years, given the extensive improvements made. This was part...
  • Hart Park Adobe Structure - Bakersfield CA
    This adobe structure in Hart Park was built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), in concert with Kern County and the California State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) – using funds provided by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) to hire unemployed workers.  It is also known as the "Peacock House" for all the resident peacocks. Designed by local architect W. Francis Parsons, it is somewhat unusual in that it has a 24" raised foundation and wood floor, likely to get it above a flood plain. The original construction drawings identify it as a "Service Building", although it was designed as...
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