The Columbia Municipal Airport was located on route 40, now Business Loop 70 West, when Highway 40 was one of the major east-west roads in the country. This hangar is now being used by the city of Columbia as a… read more
Crowder Hall is another of the “White Campus” projects and was and is the home to the University ROTC program. It was named after Enoch Crowder, Professor of Military Science at MU.
Constructed by the PWA in 1939. Curtis Hall is on the main campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia. It was named after Winterton Curtis, Professor of Zoology who was one of the expert witnesses called to the Scopes… read more
Constructed by the PWA in 1938-40. The need for a hospital dedicated to diagnosing and treating cancer was envisioned in the early ‘30s and with the political support of Lloyd Stark and the work of Dr. Ellis Fischel of St…. read more
The Ellis library was built in 1915. The PWA added this addition in 1935. The addition to the existing Ellis Library “provide[d] urgently needed, usable, fire-proof, stack space for books, reading, seminar rooms, and other library facilities.” It is still… read more
The original part of this building dates to 1916, with the two sections flanking the central building being built in 1935. Small, recent additions are at the north and south of the building. This was a traditionally black school until… read more
Gentry Hall was constructed as a women’s dormitory, named after the second female graduate of the University of Missouri. This was part of the “women’s campus” on the east side of the MU campus and in contrast to how things… read more
Gwynn Hall is immediately to the east of the Memorial Union, a memorial to students who fought in WW1. Gwynn Hall was built in 1922, but was not completed, in fact was a shell. It was completed by the PWA… read more
Notes: The Jefferson Junior High Auditorium was Federal Public Works Project N. 3701, erected in 1934. It is a multi-use Auditorium for stage productions and sporting events, particularly basketball. The seating was replaced within the last 10 years, but there… read more
Robert E. Lee Elementary School was built as Federal Public Works Project # 3701 in 1934. The school is a three story building with a multi-purpose auditorium on the first floor with ornate reliefs surrounding the stage. The building was… read more
The National Guard Armory in Columbia was one of what was initially envisioned to be a large number of armories across the state, though the number actually built was limited. The building served as the home of the home of… read more
Originally the Columbia post office, when the post office moved to Walnut St, the building was converted into the Federal Building, then became the Youzeum, and now is the office for the nursing program at Columbia College. There were 2… read more
This deep red brick building was previously the post office for Columbia, but with the construction of the new post office, this was remodeled and housed the public library until the library moved to west Broadway and Garth Ave. The… read more
The New Deal funded an addition to Ridgeway Elementary in 1934. While the plaque says the money came from a “Federal Public Works Project”, that would be an early name for the Public Works Administration (PWA). The new eastern wing… read more
Named after E. Sydney Stephens, the University of Missouri’s Stephens Hall was constructed by the PWA in 1935-36. The building now houses the biochemistry department.
Townsend Hall, originally called the Practice Building, is the home of the MU education department and when built, included the practice school and University High school. It was built with PWA funding in 1935-36.
Walter Williams Hall is on the northeast side of the University of Missouri and the arch is the main entry to the historical quad of buildings that are the oldest on the campus.The structures were constructed from 1935-37 with PWA… read more