• David City Park and Auditorium - David City NE
    The David City Park begins long before the Great Depression of the 1930s. In 1889, Mrs. Phoebe Miles donated twelve acres to David City for a park, with the stipulation that the city pay the taxes and make improvements. During the depressed financial climate of the 1890s the city was unable to uphold their bargain, and the land reverted to Mrs. Miles. In 1902, a group of citizens organized the David City Park Association and purchased the twelve acres. In addition to buying the land, they also planted trees and made other improvements. In 1905, the city passed a bond issue...
  • Post Office - David City NE
    The post office in David City, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1935, is still in use today. In 1933, as a part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, the federal government appropriated $16,678,675 to build 237 government buildings in the United States. Nebraska received $233,600 to build five modest post offices in Wayne, Lexington, Superior, David City, and Seward. Because of the Depression, the federal government and the public found it improper for these post offices to be large so, according to the Wayne Herald, “the plan…is to erect ‘needed post offices of a sensible, utilitarian...
  • Waterworks - David City NE
    A waterworks construction project in David City, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 3739