• Oakley High School Stadium - Oakley KS
    "The construction of Oakley High School Stadium in 1938 was financed through the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration (WPA) and has hosted football games and track meets since its completion in 1939. Lewis Mershon was the lead builder and used a team of unskilled WPA laborers made up of financially struggling local farmers. The limestone and concrete stadium faces a standard 100-yard football field with natural grass surface encircled by a 400-meter track and includes two locker rooms, restrooms, a tornado shelter, and outdoor bleacher seating. It exhibits symmetry, vertical and horizontal lines, and rounded features, all of which gives...
  • Water Mains - Oakley KS
    A water main construction project was undertaken in Oakley, Kansas with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. (PWA Docket No. KS 1394)