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  • Laurel Homes Historic District - Cincinnati OH
    The Laurel Homes Historic District is an example of a project completed from the Federal Housing Act. They were built in 1933 and were one of the first examples of  integrated housing in the United States. They were the second largest PWA housing project in the United States. As of today only three of the original buildings remain as the rest were razed.
  • Leo Petroglyphs and Nature Preserve - Leo OH
    The park features a Works Progress Administration (WPA) shelter protecting sandstone petroglyphs. The petroglyphs are thought to have been created by the Fort Ancient people. The WPA completed other work at the site.
  • Leslie L. Diehl Band Shell - Dayton OH
    The Leslie L. Diehl Band Shell was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Dayton OH.
  • Library (demolished) - Columbiana OH
    The Public Works Administration contributed $7,605 towards the construction of a library in Columbiana. The building was designed by Frank Smith of Youngstown and built by J.G. Madden & Sons of East Palestine. The building has since been demolished.
  • Library (former Post Office) - Fairborn OH
    Originally constructed as the Osborn (later renamed Fairborn) post office, this New Deal building was constructed in 1940 and now houses Fairport's public library. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has been relocated to the community's current post office.
  • Library (former) - Willard OH
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) constructed a public library in Willard, Ohio. The building opened in Jan. 1934. The location and status of this facility, which has since been replaced, is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Library 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 library.
  • Lincoln Park Improvements - Cleveland OH
    "n 1936 Lincoln Park was graded and landscaped under a WPA project ..."
  • Look About Lodge - Bentleyville OH
    "Originally the headquarters of the Cleveland Natural Science Club, Look About Lodge in South Chagrin Reservation was built in the late 1930s by the federally-funded Works progress Administration (WPA). The building is only open for scheduled programs."
  • Luke Easter Park Development - Cleveland OH
    The federal Works Progress Administration worked to improve the facilities of Luke Easter Park in Cleveland. "Ten baseball diamonds were later added, along with clay tennis courts, a football field, a running track, an office and service building, and landscaping. Much of this work was done in 1936 under the WPA."
  • Lunken Airport Murals - Cincinnati OH
    Lunken Airport houses murals that were painted by William Harry Gothard and commissioned by the WPA's Federal Art Project (FAP). The murals were moved to be completed at Union Terminal in 1937 when a flood covered the airfield and terminal but were returned later. These murals are still on display at Lunken Airport. In the early 20s, Edmund P. Lunken purchased an airport built by ex-army pilots, and on September 5, 1928, he leased the property to the City of Cincinnati. The city purchased additional land, creating the Lunken Airport on 2,000 acres. In 1937, William Harry Gothard painted the murals...
  • Lyme Township School #2 (abandoned) - Lyme Township OH
    Lyme Township School #2 was constructed in 1937 as a New Deal project, with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $26,182 grant for the project, whose total cost was $63,028. The building is presently vacant. PWA Docket No. OH 1228
  • Macomber High School - Toledo OH
    "This new vocational high school is part of an extensive school construction program in Toledo which involved 19 new school buildings and repair work on many others. It is a unit for boys in the upper 3 years of high school, is 3 stories in height and contains an auditorium with a stage, a library, gymnasium, 17 classrooms, 12 laboratories, and 18 shops where students can learn the fundamentals of engineering mechanics by dismantling and assembling standard equipment and in which the essentials of many trades are taught. The building is fireproof, of structural steel and reinforced concrete....
  • Madison School (former) - Sandusky OH
    The historic former Madison School building in Sandusky, Ohio was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. provided a $66,138 grant for the project, whose total cost was $146,768. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939. P.W.A. Docket No. OH 2026
  • Main Avenue Bridge - Cleveland OH
    Two federal New Deal agencies: the Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) and the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), contributed to the construction of the Main Avenue Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio. "In the early 1930s under the auspices of the WPA, Cleveland adopted a regional traffic plan including the construction of a six mile lakefront highway connecting Gordon Park on the east side with West Boulevard at Edgewater Park on the west side. The six-mile route was intended to relieve city streets of cross-town and through traffic. The Main Avenue Bridge, funded by the WPA, was a ten-span, continuous cantilever truss, fixed high-level bridge...
  • Main Library - Toledo OH
    The magnificent main library building in Toledo, Ohio was constructed with the aid of multiple New Deal agencies: the Public Works Administration (PWA), which supplied a large grant to the city for construction, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which supplied labor. The building, which bears a 1939 cornerstone, was dedicated on September 4, 1940. "With a cost of nearly 2 million dollars, the Main Branch Library brought work to many Toledo workers and continues to be one of the best public libraries in the nation." One remarkable aspect of the building is the breathtaking frieze that wraps around above its main lobby. According to ToledoLibrary.org: "Displaying...
  • Main Post Office (former) Mural - Cleveland OH
    This oil on canvas mural, entitled "Post Office Interiors," was painted by Jack Greitzer in 1936 for the new main post office, which was completed in 1934. The mural still hangs in the original building, which was renamed the M.K. Ferguson building but is now known as the Tower City Center. From Covering History: Revisiting Federal Art in Cleveland, 1933-43 by Sharon Dean and Karal Marling: “In all, artwork was commissioned for 19 post offices in the Cleveland area. In 2006, only eight are still operational. In those eight, the artwork from the Depression era was still present, though almost all needed...
  • Main Public Library - Massillon OH
    "The main public library is a joint undertaking of the city of Massillon and its school system. The project included the construction of the main library, the remodeling of the adjacent museum, and the erection of a branch library in another part of the city. The main library was constructed as an addition to the city museum. It is irregular in plan and 120 by 87 feet in its over-all dimensions. On the first floor are the main reading room, reference room, librarian's room, and the stack room. The basement, due to sloping ground, is well lighted and...
  • Main Street Steps - Cincinnati OH
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Main Street Steps in Cincinnati OH. Access up and down Mt. Auburn. Excerpt from Cincinnati Magazine: "These are Cincinnati’s first concrete steps, poured as a WPA project in the 1940s, and longest, at 355 risers. Built into the right-of-way of the defunct Mt. Auburn Incline, they rise from the corner of Mulberry, Main, and Antique streets and are a workout—but well worth it for the views at the top."
  • Market Street Fields Bleachers - Troy OH
    According to the Troy Daily News, the Works Progress Administration constructed concrete bleachers for football seating at Troy's athletic park.
  • Memorial Building - Jackson OH
    The stately Memorial Building in Jackson, Ohio was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936.
  • Memorial to the Start Westward of the United States - Marietta OH
    Memorial in Muskingum Park, Marietta, Ohio commemorating the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory in 1788. Memorial includes a statuary group created by Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore carved in local sandstone by WPA workers, landing esplanade on the Muskingum River built by WPA, and four pylons on Front Street topped with eagles also sculpted by Borglum at the North and South entrances to the park. Borglum did not attend the 1938 dedication because he (correctly, it turns out) disagreed with the decision to execute the sculpture in sandstone rather than bronze. Project is underway to restore...
  • Milan Avenue Underpass Widening - Amherst OH
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) furnished labor to widen Milan Avenue in Amherst, Ohio "at both sides of the ... bridge." Milan Avenue curves around its underpass with a railroad, and the work was necessary to soften the curves and improve safety. The Amherst News-Times reported: "Other corners that were rounded are those in the immediate vicinity of the bridge near the depot. The corners of Mill and Tenney; Mill and West; Mill and Spring; and west and Maple were all widened considerably."
  • Mill Creek Park: Retaining Wall - Youngstown OH
    Retaining wall that borders the Artists' Trail in Mill Creek Park. Built by the Works Progress Administration between 1935 and 1936.
  • Mill Creek Park: Stitt Pavilion - Boardman OH
    Stitt Pavilion was constructed by the Works Progress Administration in 1938. Still in use.
  • Monroeville School #2 - Monroeville OH
    Monroeville School #2 was constructed in 1935-6 as a New Deal project, with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided an $87,500 loan and a $36,845 grant for the project, whose total cost was $136,499. The facility, which has since been expanded multiple times, is still in service. PWA Docket No. OH 8908
  • Monticello Boulevard - Cleveland Heights OH
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) "constructed Monticello Boulevard in the late 1930s."
  • Morgan Township School (demolished) - Okeana OH
    The Morgan Township school building in Okeana, Ohio received an addition/improvements in 1936 as a New Deal project, with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The building is no longer extant. PWA Docket No. OH 1218
  • Mount Airy Forest - Cincinnati OH
    Mount Airy Forest is one of the largest in Cincinnati's park system. The CCC and WPA did extensive work in the park and many New Deal structures are still standing. From the National Register of Historic Places Flickr site: "Mount Airy Forest is eligible for the National Register under Criterion A as one of the earliest (if not the first) urban reforestation projects in the nation; for its Depression era development utilizing federal WP A and CW A funding; and for the African-American Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) labor that provided manpower for tree-planting, road and trail building, and construction of shelters...
  • Mt. Echo Picnic Shelter - Cincinnati OH
    Providing the western edge of ridge of downtown basin sits Mt. Echo Park, with a sweeping view of the Ohio River. Starting with purchase of the land in 1908, over the following decades the park say numerous improvements. The pavilion provides a stunning setting for a wedding but the tucked away picnic shelter is a beauty hiding in plain sight. Designed by architect R. Carl Freund and built by the WPA, the stone chimneys and low roof are a nod to Frank Lloyd Wright.
  • Municipal Building - Greenwich OH
    Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Municipal Building in Greenwich OH. This building has housed village government offices since its completion. The architect of record was Granville E. Scott.The contractor was Roth Bros.
  • Municipal Building - Marietta OH
    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Municipal Building in Marietta OH, in 1935. "Before 1935 the municipal government was housed in an obsolete nonfireproof building with an auditorium seating 900 on the top floor, necessitating unsightly fire escapes. The new municipal building occupies an ample site and the project included, in addition, a connecting wing to a relatively new and modern fire-department building and the landscaping of the entire site. The new building contains quarters for all of the departments of the city government and also an auditorium seating 1,400 and a banquet hall with kitchen facilities. The construction is...
  • Museum of Ceramics (old Post Office) Mural - East Liverpool OH
    In 1936 Roland Schweinsberg was commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project to complete a 15-foot lunette titled "Old Bennett Pottery Plant," which depicts the 1839 pottery of James Bennett, East Liverpool's first commercial potter. In 1937 the painting was installed in the post office building in East Liverpool, which now houses the Museum of Ceramics. The painting remains on public display and hangs above the door to the museum's archives and library.
  • New Miami School #2 (demolished) - New Miami OH
    The former New Miami School #2 building in New Miami, Ohio, was constructed as a New Deal project with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA), in 1936-7. The PWA provided an $85,468 grant for the project, whose total cost was $193,505. The building was demolished in 2002, and a new high school has been built on the site. PWA Docket No. OH 1140-R
  • New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) Locomotive No. 700 (demolished) - Cleveland OH
    In 1934, it was reported that the American Locomotive Company “is building 15 freight engines for the ‘Nickel Plate’ Railroad, in its plant at Schenectady, N.Y… All of these engines are being built with a PWA loan to the Nickel Plate” (Times Union). “Nickel Plate,” or “Nickel Plate Road,” were commonly used names for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The railroad company “served parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri” (Wikipedia). The 15 PWA-financed Nickel Plate Road engines were steam-driven Berkshire locomotives, numbered 700-714. No. 700 “made its first revenue trip between Bellevue, OH, and...
  • Newburg Station Post Office - Cleveland OH
    Cleveland's historic Newburg Station post office was constructed with federal funds in 1935-6. The building, which was designed by Julius Boenisch, is still in service.
  • North Chagrin Reservation - Mayfield OH
    Multiple New Deal agencies worked to develop the North Chagrin Reservation outside Cleveland, Ohio. "Over the course of the 1930s the reservation was modernized with graded roads, permanent trails, sewage and water infrastructure, and shelter houses, much of this construction undertaken by federal and state public works programs. Between 1933 and 1937, workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at neighboring Euclid Creek Reservation laid out miles of hiking and bridle trails in North Chagrin. Similar projects funded through the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, National Youth Administration, and WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION included an enlarged trailside museum, picnic and parking areas, the...
  • North Lake Street Paving - Amherst OH
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided labor for the paving of North Lake Street in Amherst, Ohio starting in 1935.
  • Ohio State University Golf Course - Columbus OH
    Links Magazine reports that the par-71 Ohio State University Golf Course was built "during the Depression with a grant from the WPA ... his strategic gem was restored in 2006 by Buckeye legend Jack Nicklaus, who returned the course to Alister MacKenzie's original vision." The course opened in 1938. Nicklaus.com: "Alister MacKenzie, the architect of Cypress Point and Augusta National, designed Ohio State’s Scarlet course in 1931 but died in 1934, before ground was broken. Thankfully, Perry Maxwell oversaw the construction, which was completed in 1938. Scarlet has been home to Ohio State players like Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf and John Cook,...
  • Ohio Statehouse Improvements - Columbus OH
    In 1937, the WPA: Converted abandoned basement area into offices. Cleaned and repainted rotunda. Landscaped surrounding grounds. Planted trees and bushes.
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