Red Lodge Sites

Montana's Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in December 1938: "Rapidly nearing completion as a WPA project is the uniquely-designed $26,000 city hall at Red Lodge... This WPA project has provided jobs for an average of 28 workers since it was started in July. With $23,082 having been expended to date, thc job is now in its final stage, only interior finishing remaining before it can be taken over by the city to house all city departments including the jail. Total cost to Red Lodge for the building will be less than $10,000, officials say. Features of the unusual construction is the use...

A large allocation of WPA funds for school construction and improvement projects for the state of Montana was issued in late 1938. The allocation included funding for school building improvements in Red Lodge, Montana. It is likely that the building in question makes up part of what is presently known as Roosevelt Junior High School. The allocation for the structure appears on Montana WPA Roll 25 under project number 665-91-2-49.

The WPA allocated $8,891 for the improvement of "roads and alleys" in Red Lodge, MT in July 1938.