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Date added: December 14, 2022
Various New Deal agencies built the Silver Lake Reservoir in Rochester MN. According to the City of Rochester “Silver Lake is actually a reservoir that was created by first, hand-digging a basin to hold water, and then constructing a dam… read more
Date added: December 13, 2022
At the behest of the city of Barrett, Minnesota, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) built a combination public auditorium and high school gymnasium in 1933-34. The CWA provided the labor from the ranks of local unemployed workers and the city… read more
Date added: December 12, 2022
As noted on the sign for the Northern Great Basin Experimental Range today, the research station was “established in 1936, (and) dedicated to research on the ecology and management of rangelands.” At its inception, the research facility was known as… read more
Date added: December 11, 2022
In the winter of 1935, members of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) #1629 began construction of camp administrative and barracks buildings near Squaw Butte to facilitate CCC work related to the 16,000 acre Squaw Butte Federal Experimental Range Station. Today some… read more
Date added: December 4, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) did extensive improvements at Armstrong State Park, circa 1935-1936. Relief workers built an amphitheater, a community building (including warden’s headquarters), picnic areas with stone stoves and tables built from native redwood, a timber bridge, two… read more
Date added: December 2, 2022
The National Youth Administration built a shelter next to the former Vernon High School, now a community building. It was probably a shelter for a water pump (now removed) at the Vernon School playground.
Date added: November 27, 2022
The house was first leased to the Arthur Murphy family inn 1938, The entire farm consisted of 299 acres. The house was donated and moved in March 2014 to the FiberMax Center for Discovery (formerly the Bayer Museum of Agriculture)… read more
Date added: November 25, 2022
Football stadium constructed 1938-1939 by the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration for $246,000. Currently home of the Massillon Washington High School football team.
Date added: November 23, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Fredericks Creative and Performing Arts at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches LA. The Center contains the 1,000-seat A.A. Fredericks Auditorium and Theater West, a smaller performance venue.
Date added: November 22, 2022
Original Use: “The building, one of the finest in the state for any village of this size, was made possible by the public spiritedness. of the residents of the community and the wholehearted co-operation of the National Youth Administration that… read more
Date added: November 22, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Baird High School gym, football field, and wall in Baird TX.
Date added: November 21, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built an athletic stadium and swimming pool in 1937 in Greenville OH. The Athletic field has recently undergone renovations and is still in use by the Greenville High School in Greenville, Ohio. In 2017, the original… read more
Date added: November 15, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built a swimming center for Northwestern State University. Northwestern State University closed the Nesom Natatorium in May of 2012.
Date added: November 15, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built a retaining wall to support the residential properties along the length of a sidewalk on Whittle Springs Rd. in North Knoxville. The wall, as well as a WPA inscription, can be found on the east… read more
Date added: November 13, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Shorewood River Club in Shorewood WI. It was originally built to hold community events, and today it serves the same function. WPA crews also graded the land, built pathways and a spring-fed pool and… read more