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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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Image for Bonner County's First Courthouse - Sandpoint, IDview gallery

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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.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 01/26/2015

last visited: never

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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.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 06/17/2014

last visited: 04/23/2023

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WPA ProjectsCity Hall - Priest River, ID

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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.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 06/16/2014

last visited: never

Image for Priest River High School - Priest River, IDview gallery

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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.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 06/16/2014

last visited: never

Image for Boundary County Courthouse - Bonners Ferry, IDview gallery

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WPA ProjectsBoundary County Courthouse - Bonners Ferry, ID

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Idaho

date approved: 06/15/2014

last visited: 02/06/2022

Image for Fletcher Martin Bas Reliefs - Bonners Ferry, IDview gallery

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WPA ProjectsFletcher Martin Bas Reliefs - Bonners Ferry, ID

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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.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 06/15/2014

last visited: 02/06/2022

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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.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 10/03/2016

last visited: 02/06/2022

Image for Lincoln County Courthouse - Libby, MTview gallery

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WPA ProjectsLincoln County Courthouse - Libby, MT

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The story of the Lincoln County Courthouse is actually two tales, taking place 42 years apart.

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location: Montana

date approved: 03/12/2017

last visited: never

Image for Former Libby City Hall - Libby, MTview gallery

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WPA ProjectsFormer Libby City Hall - Libby, MT

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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.

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location: Montana

date approved: 03/13/2015

last visited: never

Image for US Post Office - Kellogg Main - Kellogg, IDview gallery

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Deemed Classical Revival in style, this small town brick post office bears many of the hallmarks of New Deal buildings of the 1930s.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 07/26/2017

last visited: never

Image for Post Office Mural - Kellogg, IDview gallery

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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.

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location: Idaho

date approved: 07/26/2017

last visited: never

Image for Post Office - Wallace, IDview gallery

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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

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location: Idaho

date approved: 12/16/2017

last visited: never

Image for Stevens County Courthouse - Colville, WAview gallery

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The Stevens County Courthouse, a WPA project completed in 1938, is at the southeast edge of downtown Colville on Oak Street.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Washington

date approved: 02/20/2014

last visited: 10/03/2020

Image for Colville Main Post Office - Colville, WAview gallery

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WPA ProjectsColville Main Post Office - Colville, WA

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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.

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location: Washington

date approved: 10/30/2013

last visited: 10/03/2020

Image for Colville City Hall - Colville, WAview gallery

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WPA ProjectsColville City Hall - Colville, WA

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Washington

date approved: 02/20/2014

last visited: 10/03/2020

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