The Living New Deal Menu
  • About Us
    • Boards
    • The Core Team
    • National Associates
    • History
    • Growth.
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact Us
  • Map & Sites
    • Map
    • All Projects
    • Projects by State and City
    • Projects by Category
    • Projects by Agency
    • Projects by Artist
    • Endangered New Deal Art
    • Submit New Site Information
  • The New Deal
    • New Deal Programs
    • New Deal Timeline
    • New Dealers
    • New Deal Inclusion
    • The New Deal and Race
    • African Americans in the CCC
    • New Deal Smiles
    • The New Deal Worked
    • Glossary
  • Resources
    • Websites on the New Deal
    • New Deal Book Reviews
    • New Deal Bibliographies
    • Films & Videos on the New Deal
    • New Deal Resources for Teachers
    • Oral Histories of the New Deal
    • New Deal Stories
    • On the Road Series
  • News
    • The Fireside Newsletter
    • Lessons for a Green New Deal today
    • Discoveries
    • New Deal Today
    • New New Deal
    • [email protected] New Deal
    • The New Deal in the News
    • SF Mural Fight
  • Press & Events
    • Living New Deal Webinars
    • Living New Deal
      in the News
    • Living New Deal Events
    • The New Deal Speaks
    • Annual New Deal Book Award
  • Get Involved
    • Submit New Site Information
    • Researching New Deal Sites
    • Share Your New Deal Story
    • Finding New Deal Ancestors
    • New Deal Site Preservation
    • Living New Deal NYC
  • Donate
    • Advanced Project Search

Projects in Wyoming Visit the Wyoming state page

Go
Page 1 of 712345...Last »

Airport – Pinedale WY

“Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs helped the community… Additional aid came when the Works Progress Administration provided funds that … developed the airport …” The airport in question is unclear to Living New Deal.  A good candidate, the… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Airport Development – Cokeville WY

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) worked to develop the municipal airport in Cokeville, Wyoming.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
Agency: Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Airport Development – Kemmerer WY

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) worked to develop the municipal airport in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
Agency: Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Albany County Public Library Mural – Laramie WY

"Youth and Ambition"

“Youth and Ambition” by Virginia Pitman, was commissioned by the WPA and presently housed in Laramie, Wyoming’s Albany County Library. “The painting is divided into several sections. One shows men in line to enter a factory. Another depicts scientists in… read more

Project type: Murals, Art Works
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Alcova Dam and Reservoir – North Platte River – Alcova WY

“The Alcova Dam is designed for storage and diversion of the river flow into an irrigation canal which irrigates the land around Caspar, Wyoming. The dam is earth fill with a rock surface on the reservoir side. Its height above… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Anna Miller Museum – Newcastle WY

“The Anna Miller Museum, a place where you can walk back in time and relive the old west. Built in the 1930’s, the museum was originally a WPA project for Company A, 115th Cavalry, Wyoming National Guard. Many long, hard… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Military and Public Safety, Museums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Armory (demolished) Development – Casper WY

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) worked to dramatically improve the conditions at the old armory in Casper, Wyoming in 1934. Casper Star-Tribune described the project as an “armory for the use of the national… read more

Project type: Armories, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Bandshell – Laramie WY

Bandshell Laramie WY

“Residents of Laramie are probably familiar with the large concrete semi-dome that anchors the southwest corner of Washington Park. The Edgar J. Lewis bandshell has become a staple in the community as Laramie’s only public outdoor stage. It is a… read more

Project type: Amphitheaters, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Bandshell – Lingle WY

The bandshell in Lingle Town Park, a.k.a. Whipple Park, was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) in 1941-2.

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Amphitheaters
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Beaver Creek Recreation Hall – Newcastle WY

The Works Progress Administration built the Beaver Creek Recreation Hall in Newcastle, Weston County. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Big Goose Creek Water Intake Dam – Sheridan WY

Intake Dam on Big Goose Creek

A water intake dam along Big Goose Creek, about 13 miles southwest of Sheridan, Wyoming, was part of a large waterworks project enabled by the New Deal’s Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1936-7. The intake, which was located a few… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Big Horn Academy (former) Gymnasium – Cowley WY

“The Big Horn Academy Historic District includes the Big Horn Academy constructed in 1916 of rusticated sandstone and the Cowley Gymnasium/Community Hall built in 1936 of lodgepole pine logs. In 1936 the Gymnasium and Community Hall was constructed adjacent to… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums, Parks and Recreation, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Black Mountain Lookout Tower – Bighorn National Forest WY

The Black Mountain Lookout Tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and was completed in 1940. The tower is 14′x14′ with a catwalk on a stone foundation. It functioned as the lookout for the north end of Bighorn… read more

Project type: Fire Lookouts, Forestry and Agriculture
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Boulder Community Center – Boulder WY

Constructed by the WPA, the “building known today as the Boulder Community Center was constructed in 1939 as the third Boulder school. An addition built around 1950 gave the school its present appearance and added two additional classrooms and indoor… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers, Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Boy Scout Cabin (former) – Casper WY

Boy Scout Cabin, Casper, Wyoming

In 1934 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration constructed a cabin Wyoming for use by the Boy Scouts. According to the Casper Star-Tribune the cabin “comprises a large assembly room, kitchen and cloak room.” Work at the site also included tree… read more

Project type: Community Centers, Civic Facilities, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Boysen Reservoir Pumping Plant – Shoshoni WY

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed the construction of a pumping plant at the Boysen Reservoir in the vicinity of Shoshoni, Fremont County. The facility provided water supply. The exact location and condition of the pumping plant is unknown to the… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Electricity, Water supply
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Bridge (replaced) – Meeteetsee WY

“At Meeteetse the CWA built a bridge over the Greybull River for the simple reason that high water isolated the community from people it served. The local justification for the bridge explained, “A grave need exists for this bridge. It… read more

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Buffalo Golf Course: Club House – Buffalo WY

The Works Progress Administration built the club house for the Buffalo Golf Course in Buffalo, Johnson County.

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Bull Lake Dam – Wind River Indian Reservation WY

“Riverton Project, Wyoming – Bull Lake Dam, an 800,000 cubic yard earth and rock fill structure is under contract and is scheduled for completion in January 1938. Some canal and lateral work will probably be done in 1937. H. D…. read more

Project type: Water supply, Dams, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec)

Camp Cabins – Centennial WY

The Works Progress Administration built cabins for a camp in Centennial, Albany County. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.

Project type: Campgrounds and Cabins, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Carbon County Courthouse – Rawlins WY

The Carbon County Courthouse is located in downtown Rawlins, Wyoming.  The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided $130,500 for the financing in 1938 and the building was completed in 1940.  The building is still in use today as the county courthouse.

Project type: Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Casper Mountain Park Improvements – Casper WY

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) conducted improvement / development work at “Casper mountain park.”

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Casper Mountain Road – Casper WY

Casper Mountain Road under construc

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) each helped to construct Casper Mountain Road. “In addition the [CCC] constructed new and improved existing roads, including not just the conspicuous road snaking up the north slope of the… read more

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

CCC Camp F-3-W – Bighorn National Forest WY

The Civilian Conservation Corps built CCC Camp F-3-W in the Bighorn National Forest, in 1939.  

Project type: Forestry and Agriculture, CCC Camps
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

CCC Camp F-37 – Douglas WI

The Civilian Conservation Corps built Camp F-37-W, Company 4803, in Douglas, Wyoming in 1936.

Project type: CCC Camps, Forestry and Agriculture
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Cemetery Expansion – Evanston WY

Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an expansion to the Evanston Cemetery in Wyoming’. Regarding the City Cemetery, Evanston, Wyoming’s website states: “The largest expansion of the cemetery took place in the mid 1930s, when the “New Section” was constructed as… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Central High School (former) Murals (destroyed) – Cheyenne WY

“Wyoming schools also benefited from the WPA Federal Art Project [WPA/FAP], which was responsible for a number of murals painted inside the buildings. Although the list of school murals is incomplete, it includes … a set of murals for the… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Structures – Cheyenne WY

The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens were established well after the advent of the New Deal. However, some WPA efforts can be seen at the site. “The site for the Children’s Village is centered in what used to be a city parks… read more

Project type: Art Works
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Cheyenne River School (former) Improvements – Niobrara County WY

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted improvement and repair work at the former Cheyenne River School building in Niobrara County, Wyoming in 1933/4: “[I]t also needs to be remembered that the schools were not just schools. At the Cheyenne River… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA)

City Hall – Cody WY

Cody, Wyoming’s City Hall (originally Town Hall) was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The P.W.A. supplied a $14,400 grant for the project, whose total cost was $32,660. Construction occurred between Oct. 1938… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

City Hall – Greybull WY

The Works Progress Administration built the Greybull City Hall in Greybull, Big Horn County. The one-story brick facility is still in service today and retains much of its original architectural features.

Project type: Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Hall – Laramie WY

Entrance to City Hall - Laramie WY

Laramie, Wyoming’s city hall was constructed with the aid of the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) during the Great Depression. The PWA contributed a $64,575 grant toward the $130,752 total final cost of the project. Construction occurred between December 1938… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

City Hall (former) – Rawlins WY

The Rawlins city hall was constructed by the Federal Works Agency (FWA) in 1940. The building is currently home to police department.

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Works Agency (FWA)

City Hall (Old Post Office) – Wheatland WY

The historic former post office building in Wheatland, Wyoming was completed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building now serves as Wheatland’s City Hall.

Project type: Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

City Hall (Old Post Office) – Worland WY

The historic former post office building in Worland, Wyoming was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building now serves as Worland’s City Hall. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has since been relocated… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Clubhouse – Riverton WY

Riverton, WY: CWA Clubhouse

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) constructed a clubhouse at a golf course in Riverton, Wyoming. The location and status of this facility are unknown to Living New Deal.

Project type: Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Community Building – Shell WY

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration built a community building east of Shell. The exact location and condition of this building are unknown to the Living New Deal.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Community Center (destroyed) – Lander WY

Old Lander Community Center under construction

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed Lander’s believed former Community Center on Buena Vista Drive in 1934-5. The structure was destroyed by fire in 2012 and has since been replaced.

Project type: Community Centers, Civic Facilities
Agency: Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Country School – Worland WY

The Works Progress Administration built a one-room country school in Worland, Washakie County. The location and status of the facility are presently unknown to Living New Deal.

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Dayton Community Hall – Dayton WY

“The Dayton Community Hall is a community building located at 410 Bridge St. in Dayton, Wyoming. The hall was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. The people of Dayton used the hall for community gatherings, as their previous… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Page 1 of 712345...Last »

About Us

Site Guide Learn More About Our Project Our Boards National Associates

Newsletters

Read the Fireside Get the Lowdown Past Newsletters Join Our E-Mailing List

Donate

Donate

Get in Touch

General Inquiries:
[email protected]
510-642-5987
Department of Geography
505 McCone Hall
University of California
Berkeley CA 94720-4740

Website:
[email protected]

Help | About Us | Donate | Privacy & Terms

Sign up for our E-Mailing List