New Deal Projects – Living New Deal

Projects in Williston

Harmon Park – Williston ND

Williston, North Dakota’s Harmon Park was developed as a federal Civil Works Administration (WPA) project ca. 1933-4. Facilities were listed by a WPA publication as including a baseball diamond, football field, cinder track, and swimming pool.

James Memorial Library Addition – Williston ND

“Library additions were also constructed,” by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) “such as the expansion of the Williston and Mandan Public Libraries …” Living New Deal believes this library to be what since became known as the James Memorial… read more