• 6th St. Overpass - Centralia WA
    "The overpass on 6th Street was a project funded by the state and Works Progress Administration (WPA). The overpass allowed cars and trucks to go over the railroad tracks. Centralia was an important logging and coal-mining town. The bridge improved the transportation of these products while also making the tracks safer for residents."
  • Post Office - Centralia WA
    The post office in Centralia was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.
  • Post Office Mural - Centralia WA
    The post office contains a 1938 Section of Fine Arts mural by Kenneth Callahan entitled  "Industries of Lewis County." "Callahan, one of the founders of the Northwest School (a Pacific Northwest art movements) served as a curator at the Seattle Art Museum between 1933-1963." (https://depts.washington.edu)
  • Salzer Creek Flood Control - Centralia WA
    A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that "45 unemployed will be put to work on a flood control project in the Salzer Creek Valley, Lewis County, under a $10,965 allotment." The aim of the project was to improve the Lewis County Fairgrounds, now known as the Southwest Wash Fair.
  • Toy Workshop - Centralia WA
    A WPA press release reported a WPA toy workshop project in Centralia, Washington in Dec. 1937: "Old Kris Kringle is getting some valuable help in Centralia. where a staff of 15 women are busy making new toys and repairing old ones for childproof of needy families in Lewis County. Don G. Abel, State Works Progress administrator announced yesterday that $1,652 in WPA funds have been allotted for the work which will be carried on through the holiday season. The State Department of Social Security, as official sponsor of the project, has provided supervision quarters, lights, heat, water and telephone. Things oro humming...