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  • Derby Downs - Akron OH
    "The first All-American race was held in Dayton in 1934. The following year, the race was moved to Akron because of its central location and hilly terrain. In 1936, Akron civic leaders recognized the need for a permanent track site for the youth racing classic and, through the efforts of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Derby Downs became a reality."    (https://www.aasbd.org)
  • Dick Daugherty Plaza - Findlay OH
    The Works Progress Administration built the band shell in Riverside Park, Findlay, Ohio. It was named in honor of a long-time musician and master of ceremonies, June 23, 2004.
  • East End Draining Project - East Liverpool OH
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a project involving the "grading and draining of alleys in the district south of the Pennsylvania railroad" in the east end of East Liverpool, Ohio. Work was completed in Jan. 1934.
  • Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant - Cleveland OH
    The Public Works Administration financed the construction of the facility with an $8,990,000 grant. Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant is one of three wastewater and sewerage treatment facilities in the Cleveland area. According to a 2015 Pittsburg Post and Gazette article, the system services 1 million people and $3 million was spent to upgrade the facility to double treatment from 200 million to 400 million gallons a day with work completed in 2019. According to NORSD, "he oldest of our facilities, Easterly is located in Cleveland, in the same location where it has stood since 1908. The plant treats wastewater from homes and...
  • Eden Park Shelter - Cincinnati OH
    The historic shelter building in Cincinnati's Eden Park is located behind PlayHouse in the Park with a playground, pool, and basketball court attached. It has some beautiful mural artwork as well.
  • Erie County Courthouse Renovation - Sandusky OH
    The historic Erie County Courthouse building in Sandusky, Ohio was extensively renovated with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds between 1936 and 1939. The P.W.A. allotted $141,095 for the project, which resulted in the near-complete restyling of the 1878 Erie County Courthouse. "The style used during the remodeling was the Art Deco style popular during that era. The smooth stone facade no longer projects at the corners, but still contains a central projection. The roof is flat and is still topped by a central tower, but much of the original decoration was stripped away. The tower is capped by a...
  • Erie Street Cemetery Beautification - Cleveland OH
    The Works Progress Administration worked to beautify Cleveland's Erie Street Cemetery during the Great Depression. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: "Complaints of neglect inspired WPA action, including erecting a fence fashioned from the demolished Superior Ave. viaduct's sandstone. In 1940 the refurbished cemetery of historic graves, including that of Sauk Chief , was rededicated."
  • Fairfield Township School #2 Addition - North Fairfield OH
    Fairfield Township School #2 in North Fairfield, Ohio received an addition completed in 1937 as a New Deal project, with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $27,111 grant for the project, whose total cost was $72,219. PWA Docket No. OH 1342
  • Findlay-Hancock County Public Library - Findlay OH
    "Finally, in 1935 the Findlay Public Library moved from the Courthouse basement into the old Post Office building on Broadway." The conversion was aided by the provision of a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. Construction occurred between April and November 1935. The building, which has since been expanded, is still in service. PWA Docket No. OH 8140.
  • Forest Hill Park - East Cleveland OH
    The federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) helped to develop Forest Hill Park ca. 1939-1942.
  • Forest Hill Park Footbridge - East Cleveland OH
    Spanning what is now known as Forest Hills Blvd., the historic pedestrian bridge at Forest Hill Park in East Cleveland, Ohio was constructed with federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. "Spanning 347 feet across a deep valley in the Dugway Brook watershed, the 48-foot-high pedestrian bridge was intended to nestle in the hilly landscape of the Heights (the westernmost foothills of the Appalachians) on Cleveland's east side. Designed by Wilbur Watson and Associates in 1939 with consulting architects F. B. Walker and A. D. Taylor, Forest Hill Park Footbridge was built in 1939-40--the work of more than 1,000 men toiling for two...
  • Forest Street Paving - Amherst OH
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided labor for the paving of Forest Street in Amherst, Ohio starting in 1937.
  • Fort Recovery Restoration and Museum - Fort Recovery OH
    WPA crews rebuilt historic Fort Recovery between 1935 and 1939. The fort was originally built in 1794 on the site where Army General Arthur St. Clair was roundly defeated by the armies of a confederation of Miami and Shawnee Native Americans. The fort was memorialized in 1910, and a museum opened on the site in 1938. From the National Archives file: “They also built, for use as a museum, a replica of the log cabin occupied by General St. Clair on his arrival there in 1791, and in addition constructed a modern library building.”
  • Fremont Armory - Fremont OH
    The Works Progress Administration built the Fremont Armory in Fremont OH in 1936. Originally a National Guard Armory. Presently (January 2022) Armory Vintage Market.
  • Garfield Park Reservation - Garfield Heights OH
    "Extensive improvements to the park in the 1930s included WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION-funded construction of a colonnaded boathouse, footbridges, and retaining walls along the lower lake, all made from locally quarried stone."
  • Glass Bowl Stadium, University of Toledo - Toledo OH
    "Originally known as University Stadium, was built in 1936 at a cost of only $335,000 as a Works Progress Administration project. Originally the natural seating bowl held 8,000 in two sideline grandstands. There was a grass hill at the south end of the stadium, and at the open (north) end of the bowl were two stone towers (still standing), that served as makeshift housing for the football team in its early years. Following World War II, the stadium was renovated, with many glass elements. Because of this, and the city's concentration on the industry, the stadium was renamed the...
  • Glendale Steps - Akron OH
    The Works Progress Administration built the Glendale Steps in Akron, OH. Originally constructed to link the Walnut Street neighbourhood at the top of a 200' bluff near downtown Akron to Glendale Park at the base of the bluff. The site is currently under reclamation and restoration.
  • Glenville Bratenahl Station Post Office - Cleveland OH
    Cleveland's historic Glenville Bratenahl Station post office—then known as Station H—was constructed in 1935-6 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. Designed by R. Stanley-Brown, the building is still in service. "This postal station serves a rapidly growing commercial district in the northeastern part of Cleveland and also the village of Bratenahl, an exclusive residential area lying along Lake Erie. Its postal receipts approximate $133,000 annually. The lobby is 18 by 51 feet, has a terrazzo floor, a low marble wainscot, and plaster walls and ceiling. The exterior walls are light-red brick trimmed with artificial stone and the building is fire-proof except for the...
  • Glouster Stadium (closed) - Glouster OH
    The Works Progress Administration built the Glouster Stadium for Trimble High School in 1940. According to the Athens Messenger, as of August 2017, the Glouster Stadium was deemed structurally unsafe and closed. The future of the stadium is uncertain, but the Trimble Facilities Improvement Committee is exploring fundraising efforts in an attempt to retrofit and save the structure.
  • Grandview Heights Public Library - Columbus OH
    Opening its doors in 1924, the Grandview Heights Public Library moved to four different sites until arriving at its present location in 1936 where it was "built with WPA funds on land donated by George Cambridge Urlin, one of the founding fathers of Grandview Heights."  (ghpl.org)
  • H. A. Eggerss Stadium - Van Wert OH
    The local high school football stadium known as H. A. Eggerss Stadium was a WPA project dedicated September 18 1936, the night of the first high school football game held there. Hans Eggerss, founder of the Continental Can Co. which had a factory in Van Wert, provided the money and chaired the citizen’s committee.
  • Hanby House - Westerville OH
    Once the home of Bishop William Hanby, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and his son, Benjamin Hanby, a popular composer, in 1937 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) moved the Hanby House to its current location, to save it from demolition. Between 1941 and 1942, WPA laborers also performed structural renovation and historic restoration work at this site, now a museum.
  • Hanover Township School (demolished) - Hanover OH
    The 1936-7 component of the Hanover Township school building on State Route 130 was built as a New Deal project with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $11,469 grant for the project, whose total cost was $27,153. The building is no longer extant. PWA Docket No. OH 1297
  • Harmon Field - Greenville OH
    The Works Progress Administration built an athletic stadium and swimming pool in 1937 in Greenville OH. The Athletic field has recently undergone renovations and is still in use by the Greenville High School in Greenville, Ohio. In 2017, the original track and grass playing field were replaced with a new synthetic field turf, while the track was moved to a new track and field complex just to the north of the site. In 2022, a new field house was opened in-between the two playing fields. The original swimming pool was also moved to an adjacent lot north with the original pool...
  • High School (former) Addition - Wellington OH
    "In 1938, 15 new classrooms and an auditorium/gymnasium were approved by the Board of Education. The proposed total cost was $194,402 with $85,612 (45%) coming from a Federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) grant listed under 'P.W.A. - Docket-No. OH-1673 F' and the remaining amount collected from a bond issue, which voters passed during a special election on August 6, 1938. The project formally started on July 22, 1938 and was completed September 5, 1939." (Wikipedia) The building is now called McCormick Middle School.
  • High School (former) Stadium - Middleport OH
    According to the Federal Writers Project "Stadium built by WPA workers at Middleport High School is one of 80 stadiums either completed or under construction by WPA workers over the state." The second high school was built in 1936, but it is unknown if it was also a WPA project. The Middleport High School in Middleport, Ohio relocated in the 1990s and the building was reused for the Middleport Middle School until closed in 2003.
  • Hocking Hills State Park: Hiking Trails and Old Man's Cave Unit - Logan OH
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) ran two camps at Hocking Hills State Park in Logan OH. The CCC built Hiking Trails and Old Man's Cave Unit.
  • Hocking Hills State Park: Nature Program Cabin, Old Man's Cave Unit - Logan OH
    Originally the first aid cabin of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp, then a ranger station. Presently (January 2023) a venue for nature programs at the Hocking Hills State Park Visitor Center.
  • Holmesville High School - Holmesville OH
    In 1938, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (FEAPW) added two classrooms and a gym/auditorium for the Holmesville High School.
  • Horseshoe Park - Shaker Heights OH
    "In the 1930s, workers with the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA) landscaped the area, turning it from "a pile of mud and rocks" into Horseshoe Lake Park."
  • Hospital (former) Improvements - Amherst OH
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided labor to undertake numerous municipal improvements in Amherst, Ohio, among which was painting the community's historic hospital building. Living New Deal believes it to be located at 254 Cleveland Ave., also the site of the current hospital.
  • Huron Hospital (demolished) - East Cleveland OH
    The historic former Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, Ohio was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The project, which had otherwise been delayed, was completed in 1935. The facility was expanded multiple times until its closure in 2011. The complex, located along Terrace Road between Forest Hills Blvd. and Belmore Rd. in East Cleveland, has since been demolished.
  • Indian Creek Treatment Plant - Cincinnati OH
    Several New Deal programs involved the development of sewer and water systems across the United States. The Cincinnati Indian Creek Water Waste Treatment Plant is one such example of New Deal-funded infrastructure upgrade. It was completed by the Works Progress Administration. The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) reports that the WPA constructed the plant in 1935, and that it remains operational today. Today the Cincinnati Indian Creek Water Waste Treatment Plant removes pollutants from industrial waste and processes more than 1 million gallons of water a day in the Cincinnati area.  
  • J. Edward Good Park Golf Course Improvements - Akron OH
    WPA crews conducted improvements to this course from 1935 to 1936. From a 1936 story in Golfdom Magazine: "$75,000 is being spent through the WPA for remodeling fairways on the J. Edward Good Park Golf Club at Akron, Ohio."  
  • Jefferson Lake State Park - Richmond OH
    "Jefferson Lake State Park was developed on 962 acres in the valley of the Town Fork of Yellow Creek. Land acquisition began in 1928. The lake and other facilities were constructed by the National Park Service in cooperation with the old Ohio Division of Conservation as a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. The dam was constructed in 1934 and the 17-acre lake was filled in 1946. In 1950, the area was turned over to the newly created Division of Parks and Recreation."
  • John Bryan State Park - Yellow Springs OH
    With establishment of the Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) program in 1933, better know as the Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC) resources became available to develop facilities for the park. Civilian Conservation Corp. Co. 553 SP-16 arrived at John Bryan in June 1935 to begin six years of work.  The men laid out roads and blazed miles of trails (including the Pittsburgh–Cincinnati Stagecoach Trail preserving portions of a 19th century wagon-road). Also, enrollees built two foot-bridges across the Little Miami River.  One bridge featured a dam that, when closed, created a “swimming hole.” The workers also erected the park office, two picnic...
  • Kendall State Park - Brecksville OH
    Kendall State Park, plus park land from the cities of Cleveland & Akron, were formed into a National Recreation Area in 1974 and then Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The story of its establishment highlights the impact local citizens and political leaders can have when they work together with passion and common purpose to protect aspects of America's heritage. This story is rooted in the environmental and social movements of the 20th century. It is about the desire to have scenic open spaces near to home, especially for recreation. It is about not only saving significant features but restoring a landscape to...
  • Kent State University: McGilvrey Hall - Kent OH
    41.15059302281331, -81.35105749394626The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Science classroom building for Kent State University. "A federal grant, coupled with a $650,000 appropriation from the state, led to approval of plans for a new science building in 1938."
  • Kentucky School (former) - Cleveland OH
    Privatized in 2011 and now called Near West Intergenerational School. "On the near west side of Cleveland, we can still see some of the still bearing fruit of Mr. Roosevelt's New Deal. The Kentucky School (Paul Dunbar temporary) is still up. Its cornerstone reads, '1939'; a product of the Public Works Administration, one of the many new government agencies that saved the US from becoming a third world country... On the other corner of the Kentucky School alongside West 38th is an allegorical female figure with flowing hair, kneeling amongst plants, holding a tablet, with a river crossing her lap, and the...
  • Lakeview Terrace Apartments - Cleveland OH
    "A slum area of 22 1/2 acres in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, was cleared for the construction of the low-rent development known as Lakeview Terrace Apartments. The site was purchased at a cost of $521,593, the equivalent of 69 cents a square foot. The development consists of 2- and 3-story apartment buildings and 2- and 3-story row houses which cove about 26 percent of the site area and contain an average of 104 rooms per acre. Included in the project are 118 garages. All structures are fireproof. There are 2,311 rooms divided into 620 apartments of which 44 percent are 3-room,...
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