• Holmes Elementary School - Lincoln NE
    Holmes Elementary School in Lincoln, Nebraska was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. Construction occurred in 1937. PWA Docket No. Neb. 1282. Short and Stanley-Brown: "The Holmes School occupies a 10-acre plot, thus providing ample space for playgrounds. It accommodates 160 pupils. The building is one story and a basement in height, and is T-shaped in plan. It contains three classrooms, a combination library and museum, a playroom, a storage room for bicycles, and a community room which has a stage and a kitchen. The construction is semifireproof. Exterior walls are brick trimmed with wood, the floor is reinforced...
  • Nebraska Rural Electric Association - Lincoln NE
    "A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members. Profits are either reinvested for infrastructure or distributed to members in the form of "patronage" or "capital credits", which are essentially dividends paid on a member's investment into the cooperative. Each customer is a member and owner of the business with an equal say as every other member of the cooperative, unlike investor-owned utilities where the amount of say is governed by the number of shares held. Many such cooperatives exist in the rural United...
  • Nebraska Union (UNL) - Lincoln NE
    The Nebraska Union building on the UNL campus was constructed as a Public Works federal Administration (PWA) project. The PWA provided a $180,000 grant for the $417,908 project. Construction occurred between Jan. 1937 and Apr. 1938. "The Alumni Association eventually raised enough funds to provide $75,000 to furnish the new building. Both the Daily Nebraskan and the Alumni Association were granted office space in the new student union when it opened on May 4, 1938." PWA Docket No. Neb. 1278
  • Street Improvements - Lincoln NE
    A street improvement project in Lincoln, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 2886
  • Waterworks - Lincoln NE
    A large waterworks construction project in Lincoln, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $122,607 grant for the project, whose total cost was $439,242. Construction occurred between February 1934 and October 1935. PWA Docket No. 1175