“This is a two-story brick high school auditorium which faces north on W. Main Street. There is no WPA signage here that we could find. A reference to it was found in the book “Leaning on a Legacy” which refers… read more
The Oklahoma Historical Society database shows this campus, which included several buildings, as having been built by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938. The main high school was a one-story brick building with a concrete foundation. Today there… read more
The Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed construction of the Fletcher High School Gym in 1938. The Waymarking site for this building says that, although the gym is still in use at Fletcher High School, it is now surrounded by… read more
“This is a one-story rectangular, one-room chapel constructed in 1940 by the WPA. It is built of cut and coursed rusticated native stone and has a gabled roof, currently covered with metal siding. The building is currently used as a… read more
“This is a one-story rectangular, one-room chapel constructed in 1940 by the WPA. It is built of cut and coursed rusticated native stone and has a gabled roof, currently covered with metal siding. The building is currently used as a… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Highland Cemetery Entrance in Lawton OK. Contributor note: “Highland Cemetery, located on NW Fort Sill Blvd. in northeastern Lawton is a large cemetery with over 20,000 burials. The entrance faces west and consists… read more
“Highland Hall was a WPA project. This building is still in use as a community building and can be reserved for an event… Located on the north side of Highland Park, Highland Hall was a WPA project. This is a… read more
“The swimming pool and bathhouse at Highland Park, built by the WPA in the 1930s is still in use today. Established in 1890, one year after the city was first settled in the Land Run of 1889, Highland Park is… read more
“This is one of the small WPA projects that you stumble across in your travels. Highley Park is a small neighborhood park located on N. Virginia Avenue, between N.W. 7th and 8th. The park has a large grassy area, and… read more
The Works Progress Administration built a Highway 9 underpass in Carnegie, OK. Contributor note: “This pedestrian underpass is located on the southwest corner of Broadway and E. 4th Street (State Highway 9). An elementary school is located on the south… read more
The Works Progress Administration built a highway culvert in Gotebo, OK. Contributor note: “This culvert crosses Highway 9 in front of the Gotebo Post Office. […] This is a concrete culvert which runs north-south across Highway 9, just west of Highway 54. The… read more
The WPA constructed a stone fence and pavilion of uncut native stone at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Weleetka in 1935. (It is also known as the Crestwood Cemetery). At the time of the 1985 Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory, part of the… read more
A 1985 Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory of WPA buildings describes a 1938 school in Hitchita, Oklahoma. The survey describes the school in detail: “This school of twelve rooms is a single-story, rectangular (145′ x 58′) structure constructed of uncut native stone… read more
This culvert was one of 2500 culvert constructed in Oklahoma by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). A WPA stamp on the concrete curbing shows the year 1936. The culvert is a reinforced concrete tunnel approximately 4 ft. high and… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the City Park in Hobart, OK. Contributor note: “This large, well-equipped park is bordered on the north by E. Ash, on the south by E. Iris, on the east by N. Lincoln and on… read more
“WPA projects both directly and indirectly affected fish and wildlife. More than 300 fish hatcheries were built or enlarged nationwide. Creating fish hatcheries was important economically, as well as for sport fisherman….Some of the fish hatcheries established or improved by… read more
The facility in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge was constructed with the support of $94,000 from the New Deal administration funding. The Works Progress Administration hired 150 craftsmen to construct the structures of wood. They were later faced with concrete… read more
“This building is listed on the Oklahoma Landmark Inventory database as the Industrial Building for Home Economics District #1. It was a WPA construction from 1935 with an appropriation of $5,984. The building is constructed of native sandstone. It is… read more
“The Hominy Armory is a single story building measuring 257 feet x 141 feet. It was constructed between 1935 and 1937 by the Works Progress Administration. It originally housed the Hominy National Guard.” (wikipedia) As of 1994 it was still… read more
In 1940 the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped finance the expansion of Horace Mann Elementary School. The WPA-additions included a classroom and an auditorium. A report that ran in The Oklahoman on October 13, 1940 notes that in the… read more
What is now the Hugo School Administration Office was constructed as the community’s post office during the Great Depression. The re-purposed building continues to house New Deal artwork inside.
John A. Fleck painted the mural “Choctaw Indians See the First Mail Coach” in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural was painted for what was then the Hugo post office, now the Hugo School Administration Office.
The red brick gymnasium and classroom buildings were constructed by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938-1939. The buildings originally belonged to Gray High School. Today, the gymnasium is used by Idabel Middle School. However, the gymnasium was rebuilt… read more
“The stadium in Muskogee is called the Indian Bowl, and is made of white concrete. No WPA marker is visible, but the stadium is on the list of WPA properties. It was constructed with WPA funds and was eligible to… read more
“Located on N. Broadway in the small town of Inola, this is a T-shaped, 10-room school house and auditorium constructed by the WPA in 1940. A bronze shield on the building documents this. “The school faces Broadway, with a perpendicular… read more
Located at the southwest corner of U.S. 59 and S 550 Rd., a few miles east of Afton, Oklahoma, the former Iron Post school building was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938. Built of uncut native stone, the… read more
“Irving School, located at 12th and Sycamore in Duncan is currently a Pre-K Center and Head Start program. The School was a WPA project, built in 1935 as a two-story school, with an appropriation of $23,576. In 1966, the second… read more
The Works Progress Administration built the Jackson School in Pauls Valley OK. Contributor note: “Jackson Elementary School is located at 1015 S. Walnut and is an active elementary school today. It has an Art Deco theme, which was rare for the… read more
In 1934 additions to Jefferson Elementary in Shawnee, Oklahoma were built with the support of the Federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The building’s cornerstone that is located to the left of the entrance says that this construction project was the first Federal Public… read more
Jefferson Elementary school is one of three built by the WPA. Contributor note: “Jefferson Elementary School is located at 500 E. Garvin at the corner of S. Cherry Street. This is a one-story L-shaped school with a flat roof, capped… read more
“Jelsma Stadium, constructed by the WPA, was selected by ESPN as No. 13 Best High School Stadium in the nation, in 2008. Lawrence Jelsma was a business and civic leader in Guthrie during the 1920s and 1930s. With his encouragement… read more
Contributor note: “Jim Thorpe Park is located off Highway 51 on the east side of Yale. It was primarily a landscaping project. Drives bisect the park in both directions. Today, it is an active area, however, most of the recreational… read more
Between 1936 and 1939 the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Jim Thorpe Stadium Complex at Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In 2010 Shawnee voters approved a $3 million bond issue in order to renovate part of the complex…. read more
The Works Progress Administration built the Joy Gymnasium in Wynnewood OK. Contributor note: “Joy is a small rural community in Murray County, Oklahoma. It got its name from the name of the school that was established when three local towns consolidated… read more
The Works Progress Administration built a school in Katie OK. Contributor note: “The Katie School was built in 1939-1940 by the WPA. This is a 4-classroom school constructed of native sandstone. It has a hipped roof, with a small gable… read more
In 1939, the WPA built a school and gymnasium in Kellyville, OK. A 1985 Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory surveyed the site and gave the following description of the school: “This large school of ten rooms or more is a single-story, rectangular… read more
Kingfisher is the seat of Kingfisher County. This building, constructed in 1936 as a jail, is currently occupied by the Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Department as their county jail. It stands south of the courthouse at 119 S. Main Street. It… read more
This is a one-story tan brick building, with a flat roof, constructed by the WPA in 1940. A bronze shield is attached to the building documenting this. The building is located at the corner of E. Bowman and S. 5th…. read more
Kingfisher Park is a large city park on the east side of Kingfisher, along Highway 33. The park was constructed with a WPA allocation of $11,000 – year unknown. This park is listed as a WPA project in the Oklahoma… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Kiowa County Jail in Hobart, OK. Contributor note: “[T]he Kiowa County Jail is still in operation as a jail, and also houses the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office. It was built in 1905 and… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
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