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|  Bonner County's First Courthouse - Sandpoint, ID
in WPA Projects The first and second county courthouses in Sandpoint are side-by-side and have actually been turned into a single complex over the years. The WPA aided in renovating the old courthouse in the '30s, while major additions occurred from 1973 on. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 01/26/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Sandpoint Community Hall - Sandpoint, ID
in WPA Projects Begun as a boy scout project early in 1935, this log community hall eventually became a national project, with financial input from an alphabet soup of organizations, from the I.E.R.A to the W.P.A. to the U.S.O. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 06/17/2014 last visited: 04/23/2023 |
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|  City Hall - Priest River, ID
in WPA Projects With a bit of help from the WPA, without which it wouldn't have happened, the town of Priest River, ID got a spanking new town hall in 1937. Idaho had been in recession since the 1920s and the WPA projects received were a great boost to its economy. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 06/16/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Priest River High School - Priest River, ID
in WPA Projects Another much needed WPA project, this High School (now Junior High) was begun in 1940. The Art Moderne design was the brainchild of well known architect G. A. Pehrson, of Spokane, WA and continues in use to this day. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 06/16/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Boundary County Courthouse - Bonners Ferry, ID
in WPA Projects A project of the WPA, this art deco courthouse was completed in 1940. Its façade contains three bas relief panels designed by Fletcher Martin, one of only four WPA art projects known in Idaho. It continues to serve the community today. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 06/15/2014 last visited: 02/06/2022 |
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|  Fletcher Martin Bas Reliefs - Bonners Ferry, ID
in WPA Projects A project of the WPA, this art deco courthouse was completed in 1940. Its façade contains three bas relief panels designed by Fletcher Martin, one of only four of his WPA art projects known in Idaho. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 06/15/2014 last visited: 02/06/2022 |
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|  Post Office & Federal Building - Bonners Ferry, Id
in WPA Projects While plans were afoot for a new federal building for Bonners Ferry in early 1935, it wasn't until April 30th of 1938 that the building was officially dedicated. Well built of brick and concrete, it remains the post office to this day. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 10/03/2016 last visited: 02/06/2022 |
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|  Lincoln County Courthouse - Libby, MT
in WPA Projects The story of the Lincoln County Courthouse is actually two tales, taking place 42 years apart. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 03/12/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Former Libby City Hall - Libby, MT
in WPA Projects The Libby Police Department has taken over what was at one time the Libby City Hall. At one time the building was city hall, police department and jail. posted by: T0SHEA location: Montana date approved: 03/13/2015 last visited: never |
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|  US Post Office - Kellogg Main - Kellogg, ID
in WPA Projects Deemed Classical Revival in style, this small town brick post office bears many of the hallmarks of New Deal buildings of the 1930s. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 07/26/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Post Office Mural - Kellogg, ID
in WPA Projects One of only six in the State of Idaho, this post office mural was actually the artist's second attempt at pleasing the local audience. posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 07/26/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Post Office - Wallace, ID
in WPA Projects It's a post office, it's built of brick with stone trim and it was built in Idaho in 1936. I'll bet it was a project of the Works Progress Administration posted by: T0SHEA location: Idaho date approved: 12/16/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Stevens County Courthouse - Colville, WA
in WPA Projects The Stevens County Courthouse, a WPA project completed in 1938, is at the southeast edge of downtown Colville on Oak Street. posted by: T0SHEA location: Washington date approved: 02/20/2014 last visited: 10/03/2020 |
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|  Colville Main Post Office - Colville, WA
in WPA Projects Colville was the first city in Washington to create a Civic Plaza. It incorporates the Courthouse, Library, City Hall and Post office, on four corners of an intersection. posted by: T0SHEA location: Washington date approved: 10/30/2013 last visited: 10/03/2020 |
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|  Colville City Hall - Colville, WA
in WPA Projects Colville was the first city in Washington to create a "Civic Plaza". It incorporates the County Courthouse, Library, City Hall and Post office, on four corners of an intersection. The post office and court house were the final pieces of the puzzle. posted by: T0SHEA location: Washington date approved: 02/20/2014 last visited: 10/03/2020 |
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