Rulo Sites

At least one source states that this historic combination auditorium / gymnasium building on 1st Street in Rulo, Nebraska was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1939. Per The Nebraska State Journal: With a $19,000 WPA grant, Rulo will turn its attention to a new gymnasium and community building. It is to be built of native stone, concrete, and steel and will be 102 feet long and 52 feet wide. The structure will have a basketball floor, 50 by 76 feet in size, a floor which will double for other purposes; stage and projection booth; and locker rooms. It...

Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the former Rulo Bridge, which carried U.S. 159 from the village of Rulo in Richardson County, Nebraska, to Holt County, Missouri, over the Missouri River, was enabled by a grant provided by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). NRHP: "In September 1938, the Public Works Administration agreed to fund 45 percent of the bridge's construction, the total grant not to exceed $326,250. To cover the balance, the county released a bond issue which was to be repaid through bridge revenue." Wikipedia: "In March 2009, Nebraska Department of Roads approved a plan for a...