• Harper School Murals - Wilmette IL
    Gustaf Dahlstrom painted two 9' x 26' murals for the Laurel School: "Gardening" and "Animals and Flowers." They were completed with WPA Federal Art Project funds in 1938. They were moved to the Harper School from the Laurel School in 1973.
  • Post Office - Wilmette IL
    Phone: (847) 251-6039 Access Hours: M-F 8:30-5:30, Sat 8-3 The post office is home to the mural, "In the Soil Is Our Wealth," painted by Raymond Breinin through the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938.
  • Post Office Mural - Wilmette IL
    This painting "In the Soil Is Our Wealth" by Raymond Breinin was completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1938.
  • Street Paving - Wilmette IL
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) relayed the red vitrified brick street pavement at an unknown date on Crescent Place and Woodbine Avenue in Wilmette, Illinois. An embedded marker reads "Relayed by WPA."
  • Wallace Bowl - Wilmette IL
    Today, The Wallace Bowl is now the home of the Park District's summertime Starlight Theatre, which provides a unique outdoor setting for musical and dramatic performances offered to the public free of charge. The WPA began construction in 1936 of an outdoor amphitheater at the Lakefront. This outdoor stage was officially dedicated as the Wilmette Outdoor Amphitheatre in 1946. The same space would later be named the Wallace Bowl in honor of Gordon Wallace, superintendent of parks from 1936-68. This project was made possible through the generosity of Charles H. Feltman, one of the commissioners of the Wilmette park district. It...