• Bismarck High School - Bismarck ND
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funding for construction of Bismarck High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The New Deal facility was a replacement for a 1912 high school structure. The building is still presently used as Bismarck High School, with major additions in 1962-63, 1987, and 2018-19; this said, the exterior (along N 7th Street) and main lobby still retain the original character. Construction was partially funded as a federal New Deal project through the Public Works Administration (PWA), which allotted $308,700 of the $404,000 cost. It was the largest PWA project in North Dakota at the time of completion in...
  • Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site: Field Stone Building - Bismarck ND
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed a stone shelter here in 1936. The Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site commemorates the Mandan tribe, an agricultural people in the Missouri Valley.
  • Federal Building Extension - Bismarck ND
    Then the U.S. Post Office and Court House, what is now the Federal Building at 304 E Broadway Ave. was expanded with federal Treasury Department funds during the 1930s. Some landscaping details implemented at that time are still in place, as well. A National Register of Historic Places nomination form discusses the building: The federal government constructed this three-story building ... in 1913. ... Upon completion, the Renaissance Revival-style building housed a Federal Post Office and District Court, one of only four such facilities in North Dakota. A three-story rear wing was added in 1937. The building was nominated to the National...
  • Street Improvements and Paving - Bismarck ND
    Multiple street development and paving projects in Bismarck, North Dakota were undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $38,250 grant for the project, whose total cost was $82,222. Work occurred between 1938 and 1939. (PWA Docket Nos. ND X1229, X1230)
  • Water System Improvements - Bismarck ND
    Multiple waterworks development projects in Bismarck, North Dakota were undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. For one project, the PWA supplied a $22,222 grant for the project, whose total cost was $49,540. Work occurred between April and November 1936. For another water main construction project, the PWA supplied a $29,081 grant for the project, whose total cost was $62,504. Work occurred between October 1938 and April 1939. (PWA Docket No. ND W1128, X1208)