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Muchenberger Center (former) – St. Joseph MO

Muchenberger Center

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) refurbished an old factory and turned it into a neighborhood center, primarily serving impoverished children. The idle Muchenberger Center resides at what had been the corner of 5th Street and Sycamore Street before highway development… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Post Office – St. Joseph MO

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office Murals – St. Joseph MO

The post office contains a series of frescoes by artist Gustaf Dahlstrom. The murals were funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1941. This large set of frescoes was executed by a master of the technique and depicted… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Rosecrans Field Hangar (demolished) – St. Joseph MO

News-Press NOW: “Rosecrans Field got a large hangar, thanks to the WPA; it survived until the 1993 flood led to its demolition.”

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

St. Joseph Fire Museum (former Station #5) – St. Joseph MO

Originally constructed as St. Joseph Fire Station Number Five, what is now the St. Joseph Fire Museum was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building bears a Federal Works Agency plaque on the right side of its… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

St. Joseph Fire Station #7 (former) – St. Joseph MO

Originally constructed as St. Joseph Fire Station Number Seven, the building at 919 Corby Street was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The station was moved across the street from an earlier firehouse just across… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

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