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On May 6, 1935, Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to employ the millions of Americans left unemployed by economic depression. This category is to waymark the projects created by the people employed by the WPA agency.
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WPA ProjectsWPA Bridge - Orienta, OK

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This small WPA bridge crosses an un-named creek - west of Orienta, Oklahoma.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The Snowdog

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 11/21/2022

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsSand Creek Bridge - Fairview, OK

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The Sand Creek Bridge was constructed by the WPA in 1939 - in Fairview, Oklahoma.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The Snowdog

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 11/19/2022

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsDistrict 70 School Building - Longdale, OK

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This fine school building was a 1936 WPA Project - in Longdale, Oklahoma.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The Snowdog

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 10/30/2022

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsU.S. Post Office - Alva, OK

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The Alva Post Office was built with Treasury Department funding in 1936.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 2/7/2018

last visited: 12/16/2018

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WPA ProjectsAlva Armory - Alva, Oklahoma

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Historic former national guard armory in Alva, Oklahoma.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 4/1/2012

last visited: 12/16/2018

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WPA Projects(Former) High School - Watonga, OK

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Watonga High School and Auditorium are now occupied as the Watonga Middle School.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 6/15/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsBoy Scout Hut - Watonga, OK

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Built as a Boy Scout Hut in 1935, the building still houses a cub scout troop.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 6/15/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsU.S. Post Office and Court House - Enid, OK

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This Federal Building is a contributing property to the Enid Downtown Historic District.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 12/23/2017

last visited: 3/18/2019

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WPA ProjectsGarfield County Courthouse - Enid, OK

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Built between 1934 and 1936, this courthouse was a project of the Public Works Administration.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 1/29/2014

last visited: 4/7/2019

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WPA ProjectsPost Office - Watonga, OK

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The Watonga Post Office was constructed as a New Deal project, under the PWP

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/30/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsRoman Nose Canyon - Watonga, OK

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This mural is located in the lobby of the Watonga Post Office.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/30/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsWatonga Armory - Watonga, OK

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With the castleated parapet and stone-capped pilasters, this armory has a slightly Medieval look It was placed on the National Register in 1994.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 6/8/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsSchool District #42 - Watonga, OK

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Once occupied as an elementary school, this building is currently vacant and in disrepair.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 6/15/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsCherokee Terrace - Enid, OK

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This property is now section 8 housing and listed on NRHP in 2013.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 2/13/2015

last visited: 12/4/2018

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WPA ProjectsWPA - Enid Armory - Enid, OK

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Constructed as a WPA Project in 1936

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 9/13/2010

last visited: 9/28/2019

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WPA ProjectsGymnasium - Hennessey, OK

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This school gymnasium was constructed in 1941 by the WPA.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/21/2018

last visited: 4/1/2022

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WPA ProjectsPioneer School Rock Gymnasium - Waukomis, OK

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This rock gymnasium is attached to the back of an earlier classroom building.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/16/2018

last visited: 3/18/2019

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WPA ProjectsCity Hall - Vici, OK

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Vici City Hall was constructed as a WPA Project in 1939.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 1/2/2018

last visited: 2/17/2023

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WPA ProjectsPublic School - Vici, OK

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The Vici school and a gymnasium addition were constructed by WPA in 1935.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 1/2/2018

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsTwo Cowboys - Jefferson, OK

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This monument, erected in 1937 by the American Youth Administration and the WPA Historical Marker Project, is about a mile east of Highway 81, south of Jefferson, Oklahoma.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The Snowdog

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/17/2022

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsKingfisher Armory - Kingfisher, OK

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No longer in use, this building housed the Oklahoma National Guard.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 12/15/2017

last visited: 11/20/2020

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WPA ProjectsJail - Kingfisher, OK

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Built in 1936, this building still houses the county jail.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/27/2015

last visited: 11/12/2022

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WPA ProjectsCounty Warehouse/Shop - Kingfisher, OK

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Built by the WPA in 1940 as a County Warehouse/Shop, it operates as such today.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/27/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsKingfisher Park - Kingfisher, OK

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Kingfisher Park was a WPA project, and a few locations in the park show the WPA influence.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/26/2015

last visited: never

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WPA ProjectsCrystal Beach Park - Woodward, OK

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Crystal Beach Park contains several WPA projects completed in 1935-1936.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 12/18/2017

last visited: never

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