• 17th Avenue Development - Hutchinson KS
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted "grading and filling" work on 17th Ave. from Monroe Street to the city limits.
  • Avenue C Bridge (demolished) - Hutchinson KS
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) constructed "a bridge across Cow Creek at the city tool yard on Avenue C." There is no longer a bridge at this location.
  • Carey Park Improvements - Hutchinson KS
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) "highly landscaped and beautified" Carey Park in Hutchinson, Kansas.
  • City Garage - Hutchinson KS
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) constructed a new/enlarged municipal garage just south of the Convention Hall (Memorial Hall), at the northwest corner of E Ave. B and S. Walnut St. in Hutchinson, Kansas. The Hutchinson News: "The city is acquiring lots just south of Convention Hall facing on Avenue B with a 148 foot front. On the new site is a brick building on the alley across tho court from Convention hall which is now used by the city. The plan is to enlarge it, with an extension to the south of a storage garage to be used for city trucks...
  • Cow Creek Improvements - Hutchinson KS
    Numerous improvements were conducted along Cow Creek in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1933-4 with Civil Works Administration (CWA) funds and labor: Creek straightened for one mile near the Newlin farm Creek cleaned, Adams to 5th st. Creek covered at city tool yard Rock walls built along creek, from Maple to First st.
  • Kansas State Fairgrounds Improvements - Hutchinson KS
    Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers built the Bison Arena at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. Other WPA-built improvements included "upgrading the fair's sewer, rebuilding the Old Mill ride with permanent fireproof concrete, and putting in a reinforced concrete stage and basement at the grandstand." The Bison Arena and the rebuilt Old Mill ride are still in use.
  • Plum Street Paving - Hutchinson KS
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted "bituminous mat paving" on North Plum Street in Hutchinson, Kansas, between 17th and 30th Avenues.
  • Post Office - Hutchinson KS
    Built in 1939.
  • Post Office Mural - Hutchinson KS
    “Threshing in Kansas” painted by Lumen Martin Winter in 1942. "Threshing in Kansas" Medium: oil on canvas
  • Prairie Dunes Golf Course - Hutchinson KS
    The WPA constructed the first nine holes of this course in 1937.  
  • School Improvements - Hutchinson KS
    As part of Civil Works Administration (CWA) work in Hutchinson, "the schools ... also benefited. The northside school and kindergarten have been repainted. Liberty junior high has a new coat inside, and Sherman is half painted." The status and location of these schools is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Sewer Development - Hutchinson KS
    A storm sewer development project in Hutchinson, Kansas was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a grant of $29,093 toward the $99,675 total cost of the project. Construction occurred between July and October 1934. (PWA Docket No. KS 1902) Furthermore, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted the following sewer / water disposal-related work in Hutchinson in 1933-4: Storm sewer on Adams, from 17th to 18th St. Storm sewer on Adams, from Ave. E to F, and into river Clean drainage ditches in Grandview Drag and clean several miles of storm...
  • Street Improvements and Paving - Hutchinson KS
    A street improvement project in Hutchinson, Kansas was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. (PWA Docket No. KS 1266) Furthermore, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted numerous paving projects in Hutchinson from 1933 to 1934, including: Paving abandoned car track lanes from Fifth to 17th st.; Fifth from Washington to Monroe St.; Washington, from Fourth to Fifth St.; Ave. A from Poplar to Smith St.; Main, from 12th to 20th St. Paving two intersections into fair grounds.