Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMI05_lane-park_Birmingham-AL.html
In 1822 William Pullen, Revolutionary War veteran, acquired this land from the Federal Government for farming. In 1889 his heirs sold the land to the City of Birmingham for use as the New Southside Cemetery which operated from 1889 to 1909 with 4,767 burial…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMII4_carolyn-cortner-smith_Decatur-AL.html
(Front):Born in 1894 in Normandy, Tennessee, Carolyn Cortner was raised in the Courtland area of Lawrence County, Alabama. She attended Ward-Belmont College in Tennessee. She married Wilburn Smith in 1912. She did not attend formal architecture school but s…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMIND_joanna-troutman_Knoxville-GA.html
On this site in 1835 Joanna Troutman gave to a company of Georgia soldiers on their way to fight for the independence of Texas, a "Lone Star" flag, which she had made and which was later adopted as the Texas emblem.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMIWV_the-willcox-womens-community-center_Willcox-AZ.html
Was constructed by P. Howard Pregenzer and crewIn Memory of P. Howard Pregenzer1894-1980Resident of Willcox, Arizona 1927-1980
Construction began in 1934 and completed in 1936Construction sponsored by the City of Willcox, Arizona in year 1936
United S…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMJ1O_columbus-grove-municipal-pool_Columbus-Grove-OH.html
The construction of Putnam County's first public swimming pool helped Columbus Grove weather the Great Depression of the 1930s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Village of Columbus Grove planned the pool to provi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMJ7X_ccc-camp-site_Chesterfield-VA.html
This is the site of the former camp of two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) companies and a Works Progress Administration (WPA) work force of 300 men who constructed the recreation area along Swift Creek from the spring of 1935 to the summer of 1937. Their…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMJD9_along-the-zimmerman-trail_Billings-MT.html
Zimmerman Trail - The History by Artist John Potter.The original Zimmerman Trail was built during the summers of 1890 and 1891 by the brothers Joseph and Frank Zimmerman, born in Fellering, (Alsace-Lorraine) Germany. Joseph immigrated to the United States i…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMJRQ_dc-recorder-of-deeds-building-wpa-era-murals_Washington-DC.html
DC's Art Deco/Art Moderne Recorder of Deeds Building (1941) houses city land records. Many notable African Americans have served as recorders of deeds since President Garfield appointed Frederick Douglass to the post in 1881. These include Branche K. Bruce,…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMK34_main-post-office_San-Jose-CA.html
This beautiful building was designed by Ralph Wyckoff to house San Jos?'s Main Post Office. It was built as a W.P.A. project in 1933 and is a prime example of Depression-Era federal construction. The terra cotta work on the building's exterior is particular…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMK7A_shorewood-village-hall_Shorewood-WI.html
Shorewood Village Hall was built in 1908 as a four-room school to serve Shorewood, then called East Milwaukee. In 1915 this building became the seat of village government. The building was extensively remodeled in 1937 with Works Progress Administration (WP…