15 Saturday Aug 2020
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Little Cottonwood Road and Bridge – one of many New Deal Funded Projects in Utah. It was a project to built/repair the road into Little Cottonwood Canyon and the bridge over the creek and it was done by Salt Lake County and the WPA (Works Progress Administration) in 1935-1937.
04 Thursday Jun 2020
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Located at 12441 S 900 E in Draper, Utah and designed by School District Architect Niels Edward Liljenberg, the Draper Park School was constructed in 1912, replacing an 1883 school on the same site. The building was named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, a leading figure in Utah’s educational history and early school teacher in Draper. The school originally accommodated both elementary and junior high school students. Additions were made to the south of the building in 1928 and to the east in 1963. In 1938 a mural depicting the history of education in Draper was painted on the interior by artist Paul Smith as a WPA project. The school was converted into the Draper City Hall and community center around 1980 and is the home of the Draper Historical Society.
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27 Wednesday May 2020
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High School Mechanical Arts Buildings, Mechanical Arts Buildings, Mt Pleasant, New Deal Funded, PWA, snapete county, utah, WPA
Built in 1935-36, the Mount Pleasant High School Mechanical Arts Building
is part of the Public Works Buildings Thematic Resources nomination and is w significant because it helps document the impact of New Deal programs in Utah, which was one of the states that the Great Depression of the 1930s most severely affected. In 1933 Utah had an unemployment rate of 36 percent, the fourth highest in the country, and for the period 1932-1940 Utah’s unemployment rate averaged 25 percent. Because the depression hit Utah so hard, federal programs were extensive in the state. Overall, per capita federal spending in Utah during the 1930s was 9th among the 48 states, and the percentage of workers on federal work projects was far above the national average. Building programs were of great importance. During the 1930s virtually every public building constructed in Utah, including county courthouses, city halls, fire stations, national guard armories, public school buildings, and a variety of others, were built under federal programs by one of several agencies, including the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the National Youth Administration (NYA), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), or the Public Works Administration (PWA), and almost without exception none of the buildings would have been built when they were without the assistance of the federal government.
The Mount Pleasant High School Mechanical Arts Building is one of 233
public works buildings identified in Utah that were built during the 1930s and early 1940s. Only 130 of those 233 buildings are known to remain today and retain their historic integrity. This is one of 107 public school buildings
constructed in Utah, 55 of which remain. In Sanpete County 18 buildings were built. This is one of 11 that remain and are relatively unaltered.
The building was constructed between 1935 and 1936 as a Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) project. It was a duplicate of the Moroni High School Mechanical Arts Building that was constructed at the same time. The project was approved in November 1934; construction began in January of 1935 and was completed in April 1936.
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This building is one of three high school shop buildings constructed in
Sanpete County using the same basic design. The other two are in Ephraim and Moroni, both of which are still standing and eligible for nomination. All
three of these buildings are large, two-story box-like structures with
rectangular plans and centrally placed two-story entrance porticos. The Mt.
Pleasant building, like the one in Moroni, is built of cream-colored limestone and has a low-pitched hip roof. The openings are arranged symmetrically around the entrance bay which has a gable roof, heavy cornice returns, a round arch upper story window, and a molded cornice over the door itself. There are low-relief quoins at the corners. The building remains in good original condition.
27 Wednesday May 2020
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High School Mechanical Arts Buildings, Mechanical Arts Buildings, Moroni, New Deal Funded, PWA, snapete county, utah, WPA
Built in 1935-36, the Moroni High School Mechanical Arts Building is part
of the Utah Public Works Administration (PWA) and Works Progress
Administration (WPA) Buildings Thematic Nomination and is significant because it helps document the impact of New Deal programs in Utah, which was one of the states that the Great Depression of the 1930s most severely affected. In 1933 Utah had an unemployment rate of 36 percent, the fourth highest in the country, and for the period 1932-1940 Utah’s unemployment rate averaged 25 percent. Because the depression hit Utah so hard, federal programs were extensive in the state. Overall, per capita federal spending in Utah during the 1930s was 9th among the 48 states, and the percentage of workers on federal work projects was far above the national average. Building programs were of great importance. During the 1930s virtually every public building constructed in Utah, including county courthouses, city halls, fire stations, national guard armories, public school buildings, and a variety of others, were built under federal programs by one of several agencies, including the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the National Youth Administration (NYA), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), or the Public Works Administration (PWA), and almost without exception none of the buildings would have been built when they were without the assistance of the federal government.
The Moroni High School Mechanical Arts Building is one of 233 public works buildings identified in Utah that were built during the 1930s and early 1940s. Only 130 of those 233 buildings are known to remain today and retain their historic integrity. This is one of 107 public school buildings
constructed, 55 of which remain. In Sanpete County 18 buildings were built.
This is one of 11 that remain.
The building was constructed between 1935 and 1936 as a Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) project. It was a duplicate of the Mt. Pleasant High School Mechanical Arts Building that was constructed at the same time. The project was approved in November 1934; construction began in January of 1935 and was completed in April 1936.
Other historic Mechanical Arts Buildings in Utah:
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16 Saturday May 2020
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I haven’t been able to find out exactly where this was located, if you know please comment on this page or let me know.
During the 1930s, UTNG used federal money, often supplied through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to build or expand a number of UTNG facilities. The WPA funded eight armories and several garage and storage areas for the UTNG. By 1940, 13 armories were in use by the Utah Guard including” that in Cedar City.
The location of the historic armory is presently unknown to Living New Deal. The building has since been demolished.
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12 Tuesday May 2020
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Armories, New Deal Funded, spanish fork, utah, utah county, WPA
During the 1930s, UTNG used federal money, often supplied through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to build or expand a number of UTNG facilities. The WPA funded eight armories and several garage and storage areas for the UTNG. By 1940, 13 armories were in use by the Utah Guard including” that in Spanish Fork. The historic armory in Spanish Fork has since been demolished.(*)
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12 Tuesday May 2020
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During the 1930s, UTNG used federal money, often supplied through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), to build or expand a number of UTNG facilities. The WPA funded eight armories and several garage and storage areas for the UTNG. By 1940, 13 armories were in use by the Utah Guard including” that in Nephi.
“Construction of the National Guard armory in Nephi will be furthered with $34,669” in WPA funds, Provo’s Daily Herald reported.(*)
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05 Tuesday May 2020
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The Great depression was extremely hard on Utah, federal agencies gave funding as part of the New Deal for projects to keep people working.
Utah had 232/233/226 (I’ve seen different numbers reported) projects.
Below are listed the WPA (Works Progress Administration), PWA (Public Works Administration), CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) and other New Deal projects I’ve found and documented.
Projects in Alpine
Projects in Alta
Projects in American Fork
Projects in Beaver
Projects in Blanding
Projects in Bluffdale
Projects in Brigham City
Projects in Bryce Canyon
Projects in Callao
Projects in Castle Dale
Projects in Cedar City
Projects in Coalville
Projects in Draper
Projects in Duschesne
Projects in Ephraim
Projects in Eureka
Projects in Fairview
Projects in Fillmore
Projects in Flowell
Projects in Fountain Green
Projects in Garland
Projects in Green River
Projects in Heber
Projects in Helper
Projects in Hinckley
Projects in Hyrum
Projects in Jensen
Projects in Kamas
Projects in Kanab
Projects in Layton
Projects in Leeds
Projects in Lewiston
Projects in Loa
Projects in Logan
Projects in Magna
Projects in Manila
Projects in Manti
Projects in Mendon
Projects in Midvale
Projects in Midway
Projects in Minersville
Projects in Moab
Projects in Modena
Projects in Morgan
Projects in Moroni
Projects in Mountain Home
Projects in Mt Pleasant
Projects in Murray
Projects in Myton
Projects in Nephi
Projects in North Ogden
Projects in Ogden
Projects in Orderville
Projects in Panguitch
Projects in Park City
Projects in Payson
Projects in Pine Valley
Projects in Plain City
Projects in Pleasant Grove
Projects in Plymouth
Projects in Price
Projects in Provo
Projects in Richmond
Projects in Roosevelt
Projects in Salina
Projects in Salt Lake
Projects in Santaquin
Projects in Scipio
Projects in Spanish Fork
Projects in Springville
Projects in St. George
Projects in Syracuse
Projects in Tooele
Projects in Tremonton
Projects in Trenton
Projects in Vernal
Projects in Veyo
Projects in Wallsburg
Projects in West Jordan
Projects in Woodland
Projects in Zion National Park
Projects in other parts of Utah
23 Monday Mar 2020
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Courthouses, Historic Buildings, Manti, NRHP, PWA Projects, Sanpete County, utah, WPA
The gorgeous Sanpete County Court House is located at 160 N Main in Manti, Utah.
It is on the National Register of Historic Places and was build in 1935 as a PWA project.
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These are some of the cool paintings I saw inside:
21 Thursday Dec 2017
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The Camp W.G. Williams historical masonry ditch is a concrete and rock-lined irrigation ditch system constructed for the Utah National Guard by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. As such, a federal appropriation of $22,155 was utilized, many Utahns were provided with jobs, and the cantonment area was improved. The project, originally proposed to the WPA in December of 1938, was completed by 1940. The masonry ditch was designed and constructed to irrigate newly planted trees along the camp avenues as well as enhance camp aesthetics. The stone was obtained from a local quarry located west of the cantonment area in the military reservation. The stone and mortar workmanship is characteristic of many WPA projects. All in all, the masonry ditch is credited as the first federally funded “curb and gutter” project in the United States. To this day, the preserved portion of the ditch contains architectural landscape significance for its association with the WPA and early Camp W.G. Williams improvement.
