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  • School - Manter KS
    A high school in Manter, Kanas was constructed in 1934-5 with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The facility is still in service, part of a greater high school campus. The P.W.A. supplied a $20,623 grant for the project, whose total cost was $73,187. The school building is located at the north end of Main Street, on 5th Avenue. Like other facilities from this era in southwest Kansas, the building features beautiful detailing above entrances and windows featuring local motifs, reflecting the landscape and sunflowers, the state flower. A personal visit in 2018 determined the location of a missing dedication plaque inside one of...
  • School - Meriden KS
    A school construction project in Meriden, Kansas was undertaken as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The PWA provided an $16,200 grant for the project, whose total cost was $35,920. Construction started in Dec. 1938 and was completed in Oct. 1939. The status and location of the project are presently unknown to Living New Deal. PWA Docket No. Kan. 1410.
  • School - Moscow KS
    A school construction project in Moscow, Kansas was undertaken in 1936 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided a $14,162 grant for the project, whose total cost was $31,471. Living New Deal believes this to be the Moscow Grade School at 400 Main St. P.W.A. Docket No. Kansas 1388
  • School District Office (former Grade School) - Effingham KS
    A grade school in Effingham, Kansas was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building now serves as the Atchison County Community Schools District Office. The PWA provided a $16,200 grant for the project, whose total cost was $35,896. Work started in Oct. 1938 and was completed in Mar. 1939. PWA Docket No. KS 1412-F
  • School District Playground - Waterville KS
    In 1935 the county commissioners of Marshall County, KS approved the construction of a school playground at Waterville, financed with $4492.80 in Kansas Emergency Relief Committee (KERC) grant in aid and $968.50 from the KERC material fund. It is unclear whether this funding was for the one grade school in Waterville, or if this funded playgrounds at various one-room schools in the area. The KERC was an arm of the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
  • School Gymnasium - Schoenchen KS
    The School Gymnasium in Schoenchen KSLimestone gymnasium built by the Works Progress Administration in 1938. It is currently owned by a private company and in use as an office building.
  • 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.
  • School Improvements - Scott City KS
    The National Youth Administration completed improvements for the school building in Scott City, Kansas. Pictured is a postcard postmarked 1946, showing a sign in front of the building that reads "Kansas NYA Project."
  • School Repairs - Blue Rapids KS
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a school repair project in Blue Rapids, Kansas in 1935. The project provided employment for 109 men.
  • School Repairs - Frankfort KS
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a school repair project in Frankfort, Kansas in 1935. The project provided employment for 20 men.
  • Sedgwick County Engineering Building - Wichita KS
    This Sedgwick county public building was partially constructed by the WPA in 1941: "The west portion was constructed by the WPA, a Federal New Deal work relief program, to house the county's engineering department. The east portion, a materials barns, was constructed prior to 1935. The Art Deco WPA addition underwent a renovation in 2003. ...A one-story brick building with barrel vaulted roof and parapet ends dates from at least 1935. In 1941, a two story building housing the engineering department for the county was constructed by the WPA at a cost of $42,000. The WPA portion utilized a simplified Moderne style,...
  • 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...
  • Sewers - McPherson KS
    A sewer construction project was undertaken in McPherson, Kansas with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $9,122 grant toward the $30,963 total cost of the project. Work occurred between November 1934 and February 1935. (PWA Docket No. KS 1898)
  • Sewers - Waterville KS
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a sewer project in Waterville, Kansas in 1935. The project provided employment for seven men.
  • Smoky Hill Museum Sculptures - Salina KS
    Carl Mose created two sculptures depicting "Communication" and "Land" for the (now former) Salina courthouse and post office.  
  • Solomon City Park - Solomon KS
    The WPA awarded $7,380 for park improvements and the park's scout cabin.
  • St. Thomas Hospital - Colby KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the St. Thomas hospital in Colby KS in 1941. According to Kansas Historical Society, "St. Thomas Hospital was constructed in 1941 through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal program that funded the construction of 130 new hospitals nationwide and improvements to 1,670 more. There were only two new hospitals in Kansas constructed with WPA funds, one in Colby and the other in Oswego. The three-story Colby hospital was designed by Kansas City architect Joseph Radotinsky in the Georgian Revival style utilizing brick salvaged from the old high school on the same site. The facility was expanded...
  • Stadium - Caney KS
    This stone stadium, primarily designed for high school football, was constructed with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938-39.
  • Stanton County Museum - Johnson City KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the Stanton County Museum in Johnson KS in 1935. The structure is built of native stone.
  • Sterling Cemetery Chapel - Sterling KS
    From the Sterling Kansas Bulletin article 8 November 1934: "Another CWA project of which the city and community may well be proud is the new chapel that has just been completed in the northwest corner of the Sterling Community Cemetery. Built of stone and cement blocks, which were taken from around lot curbing, the Spanish style building makes a very substantial and attractive little chapel. The material, which had to be purchased for the building, was furnished by Sterling City and Sterling Township, and the work was all done as a Civil Works Administration (CWA) project. Marion Heter was the architect and...
  • Sterling Lake Bathhouse and Park - Sterling KS
    The lake was developed by the WPA from a commercial sandpit and has functioned as Sterling's City Park since. A bathhouse and footbridge, plus stone, barrel-style entry markers, enhanced the setting. Notably, the 1955 movie Picnic featured Sterling Lake as a setting. Annually, Sterling Lake Park is the site of the community's Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.
  • Storm Sewers - Atchison KS
    A storm sewer development project in Atchison, Kansas was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $14,382 grant for the project, whose total cost was $32,494. Work started in Oct. 1935 and was completed in Feb. 1936. PWA Docket No. KS 1003
  • Storm Sewers - Emporia KS
    The Work Projects Administration (WPA) constructed a "12-inch storm sewer in the alley west of Rural street and between Ninth and Eleventh avenues." The work on the 1,030-foot storm sewer and attendant manholes employed 30 men from Nov. 1941 to Jan. 1942.
  • Street Improvements - Belleville KS
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted street improvement work in Belleville, Kansas. The Belleville Telescope, Dec. 28, 1933: "Many of the city's dirt streets have been improved the past two weeks by men working on the city CWA project. Cleaning of ditches and regrading is the nature of the work that is giving employment to ten men."
  • Street Improvements - Blue Rapids KS
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a street improvement project in Blue Rapids, Kansas in 1935. The project involved grading, draining, and gravelling roads, and provided employment for 33 men.
  • Street Improvements - Lawrence KS
    A street improvement project in Lawrence, Kansas was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $14,391 grant toward the $47,969 total cost of the project. Work occurred between March and July 1934. (PWA Docket No. KS 1311)
  • Street Improvements - Pratt KS
    A street improvement project was undertaken in Pratt, Kansas during the Great Depression with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Work occurred between October and November 1933. (PWA Docket No. KS 2935)
  • Street Improvements - Strong City KS
    Emporia Gazette: "Cottonwood Falls, June 1,—Two CWA projects in Chase county which were started earlier in the year have been completed. ... The other was the street work in Strong City which was finished earlier in the month. There are several other projects soon to be completed."
  • Street Improvements - Tribune KS
    The Works Progress Administration completed street improvements in Tribune KS in 1941.
  • 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.
  • Street Lights - McPherson KS
    A street light project was undertaken in McPherson, Kansas with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $7,658 grant toward the $28,977 total cost of the project. Work occurred between October 1934 and April 1935. (PWA Docket No. KS 2929)
  • Sumner Elementary School - Topeka KS
    The Sumner Elementary School was built in 1936 with the support of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. It was registered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The school was designed by Kansas architect Thomas W. Williamson, and features Art Deco architectural elements and stone bas reliefs. The two-story brick structure was renovated multiple times since its construction. Many of the structure's Art Deco original details—such as lighting fixtures and woodwork—still exist. In the 1950s, the school became an important landmark in the struggle against segregation. Sumner Elementary is the former all-white school in which Linda Brown, the central figure in Brown vs Board of Education, wanted to enroll. The...
  • Sunset Park Facilities - Salina KS
    The Works Progress Administration's National Youth Administration (WPA/NYA) hired youths to construct the stone shop building and 2 restrooms in Sunset Park in Salina Kansas. During the 1950s, the shop building doubled as a voting station. The shop building bears an NYA plaque.  
  • Sunset Zoo - Manhattan KS
    "In 1929 the city of Manhattan purchased land called Sunset Cemetery. Part of the land was unusable to bury people in because of too rocky soil. This area then became Sunset Zoo. Until 1934, the Zoo was not chartered as a park; but there were animals at the Zoo as early as 1930. The Zoo, however, holds 1933 as the founding year. The zoological park has served the community for over 70 years, providing a cultural and educational examination of the natural world. Dr. E.J. Frick, zoo founder and former head of surgery and medicine at the Kansas State University School...
  • Thomas Park Kiva - Salina KS
    In 1937, youths employed by the National Youth Administration (NYA), a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), constructed a building of native stone that became knows as the "KIVA" in Thomas Park. For many years the Kiva served as the headquarters for the Girl Scouts. Today, the Salina Parks and Recreation Office offers reservations of the Kiva for special events. The Kiva bears an NYA plaque.
  • Tootleville Park - Miltonvale KS
    Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the following structures still extant within the park: Scout cabin, grill, creek wall, bandshell, fountain. The fountain and the bandshell have recently been restored and upgraded, and the other WPA structures are in line for similar treatment.
  • Topeka High School Murals - Topeka KS
    Topeka High School has three examples of David Hicks Overmyer’s work, two carried out under the WPA’s Federal Art Project. The first is the large painting “Pageant of Old England” which was commissioned by the Topeka School Board in 1936, completed in 1937, and funded by the FAP. It was created for the English Room, an oversized classroom that includes a fireplace, Tudor-style woodwork, and a gothic-arched stage. The painting shows a group of medieval figures passing through an English village with a large castle in the background. “Pageant of Old England” currently still hangs in the English Room. In 1938,...
  • Tri-State Marker: OK-KS-MO - Quapaw OK
    This small stone obelisk marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri meet. It was erected by the National Youth Administration in 1938. It is located at the coordinates marked here, south of the Route 166 round-about at the entrance to an Oklahoma Casino, just south of the main entrance on a dirt road.
  • Van Doren Park Facilities - Bird City KS
    The Works Progress Administration built facilities at Van Doren Park in Bird City, Kansas. The park buildings were constructed with stone from Beaver Creek and the Kuhrt Ranch quarry.      
  • Wakefield Public Library - Wakefield KS
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Wakefield Public Library in Wakefield, Kansas in 1938. The library is still in use.
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