A portion of Lynn Fausett’s Barrier Canyon mural hangs in the Prehistoric Museum at Utah State University Eastern. It is part of an enormous, 82-foot canvas painting done by Fausett in 1940 under the auspices of the Works Projects Administration… read more
The Works Progress Administration constructed a bridge across Gordon Creek outside Price, Utah. The exact location is unknown to Living New Deal, though we do believe the structure has since been replaced.
The Works Progress Administration constructed a hangar at the Carbon County Airport in Price, Utah. The quonset hut hangar (photograph above) appears to be the hangar in question: quonset hut style buildings were common at airports in the 1930s and 40s,… read more
The Works Progress Administration constructed a bridge across Mead’s Wash in Price, Utah. The structure has almost certainly been replaced.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the handsome Price municipal building in 1938-39. The building includes city offices, a large auditorium and murals by native son Lynn Fausett in the foyer of the auditorium. The design is minimalist Neoclassical Moderne clad… read more
Price Municipal Building contains an exceptional series of murals encircling the foyer of the public auditorium. The murals are four feet high and continue around the upper wall for about 200 feet (800 square feet of paintings!). There are labels… read more
The PWA built the three original buildings of Carbon Junior College, now Utah State University Eastern, from 1937-38. In 2015, the last of these original buildings was demolished. From “A Look Back at the Old SAC”: “Carbon College, created as… 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.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
