Also known as the Log Cabin Literary Center, this rustic log building was constructed in 1939 utilizing the labor of the Civilian Conservation Corp. Each interior room is finished with indigenous Idaho lumber donated by the State’s timber companies. It… read more
The historic former U.S. Border Inspection Station (and attendant garage facility) on State Route 1 in Porthill, Idaho was built in 1938 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. Living New Deal believes the structure has been demolished and replaced with a… read more
The WPA constructed or conducted improvements to this irrigation aqueduct in Elmore County near Mountain Home. A 2016 article in the Mountain Home News suggests that the canal and aqueduct indicated on the map dates to the 1890s, so the… read more
The athletic field stands at Irving Junior High School in Pocatello, Idaho were constructed by the Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.).
The Jerome County Courthouse is an Art Deco style building constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project between 1938 and 1939. Jerome County received a $39,150 dollar grant from the WPA regional office in Portland, Oregon toward an estimated… read more
The CCC built several buildings for the Krassel Ranger District in 1937 and 1938.
The 1936 addition to Lakeview Elementary was a PWA project (docket #1098-RD). The building remains in use as the privately owned Idaho Arts Charter School. The windows appear to have been modernized, but the basic structure has not changed.
"The gymnasium room is flanked on two sides by bleachers and there are additional seating spaces over the entrance lobby and locker rooms. Doors at the rear of the building open directly to the athletic field. The exterior walls are… read more
In 1933, the Public Works Administration allotted $10,000 (about $203,000 in 2020 dollars) for the construction of three small schools on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation (home of five Shoshone-Bannock Tribes), one of which was the Lincoln Creek Day School…. read more
WPA crews contributed to building the Little Wood River Reservoir near Carey. From the Bureau of Reclamation: “Reclamation conducted the earliest irrigation survey of the Little Wood River area in 1904. Reclamation officials concluded from the surveys, that the cost… read more
The WPA constructed this log bridge in the town of Springston. The town no longer exists, but the bridge remains.
The campground was constructed by the CCC in 1937, along with a unique stone outhouse built into the side of a rock cliff.
This suspension bridge was built by CCC enrollees from the French Creek CCC camp (1896) in 1935. It was named to honor a CCC enrollee who was killed near the bridge. The bridge is 248’ in length and built of… read more
The Works Progress Administration built the McClusky Health Camp for tuberculosis victims, in Buhl, Twin Falls County.
“The Minidoka Project is a series of public works by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to control the flow of the Snake River in Wyoming and Idaho, supplying irrigation water to farmlands in Idaho. One of the oldest Bureau of… read more
Moscow Senior High School was a PWA project (docket #1078-D5), completed in 1939. It is still in use as a school today.
A municipal swimming pool in Weiser was constructed as a PWA project (docket #1077-DS). Located near the county courthouse, that pool has since been torn down and replaced.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sidewalks on North 9th East in Mountain Home ID, in 1941. A 1941 WPA placard is set in the concrete on the sidewalk at 390 North 9th East.
According to the National Archives, WPA crews built this road along the remote North Fork of the Boise River between Arrowrock Dam and the town of Atlanta.
Originally called simply Boise Junior High School, “This school was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project designed by Frank Hummell. When it opened in 1936, it was the city’s first and only Junior High School.” (www.preservationidaho.org)
The Civilian Conservation Corps built a camp F-23 at Packers Meadows, Selway Forest, Idaho.
The Works Progress Administration built the Parma Grade School in Parma, Canyon County.
Pinecrest Municipal Golf Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho was constructed as a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the 1930s.
The Works Progress Administration built a hangar for the Pocatello Airport in Pocatello.
The PWA financed additions and renovations to Pocatello High School (docket #1096-DS), as well as the construction of a gym, reportedly known as “The Pit.”
The historic post office in Blackfoot, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1935, houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in use today.
The historic post office in Bonners Ferry, Idaho was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
The historic post office in Buhl, Idaho was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
The historic Burley post office was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
The historic post office in Grangeville, Idaho was constructed in 1941 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
The historic Kellogg post office was built in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
The historic post office in Payette, Idaho was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
The historic post office in Preston, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, was constructed in 1939 and is still in use today.
The historic post office in Saint Anthony, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, was constructed in 1937 and is still in use today.
The historic post office in Wallace, Idaho was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
The historic post office in Weiser, Idaho was constructed in 1934 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
This 5′ x 12′ egg tempera-on-canvas mural entitled “Snake River Ferry”was painted by Richard Guy Walton in 1941. “Compiled from “The Buhl Herald” archives by James H. Barker The next time you’re in the Buhl post office, if you look… read more
The historic Burley post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: an oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Pioneers on the Oregon Trail along the Snake River,” painted by Elizabeth Lochrie in 1938. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of… read more
This oil on canvas mural by Fletcher Martin entitled “Discovery” was painted for the Kellogg post office in 1941. It was one of the winners of the 48-State post office mural competition. “The original mural, depicting 2 miners carrying another… read more
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