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Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects Historical Markers

Markers related to public works built through or associated with the Works Progress Administration, or WPA, the Great Depression-era U.S. Federal government agency which provided jobs for millions of Americans.
 
History of Locust Fork Marker, side B image, Touch for more information
By David J Gaines, November 30, 2011
History of Locust Fork Marker, side B
1 Alabama, Blount County, Locust Fork — None — History of Locust Fork
2 Alabama, Covington County, Andalusia — History of the Library / Andalusia Post Office becomes Public Library
3 Alabama, Etowah County, Gadsden — Gadsden Amphitheater
4 Alabama, Etowah County, Gadsden — Gadsden Municipal Amphitheatre — (Legion Park Bowl)
5 Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham — Building The Park — Visiting the Park — Restoring Vulcan Park —
6 Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham — Lane Park
7 Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham — The Works Progress Administration — Reported unreadable
8 Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Montgomery City Hall / Funeral for Hank Williams
9 Alabama, Morgan County, Decatur — Beauty and Hope — Restoring the Vision...Preserving The Legacy
10 Alabama, Morgan County, Decatur — Carolyn Cortner Smith — Female Architect Pioneer / Designed Delano Park Structures
11 Alabama, Shelby County, Montevallo — Montevallo High School
12 Alabama, Shelby County, Montevallo — Welcome To Historic Montevallo
13 Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa — Queen City Park
14 Arizona, Apache County, Springerville — 18 — White Mountain Hospital
15 Arizona, Cochise County, Bisbee — The Warren Ball Park
16 Arizona, Cochise County, Naco — Bisbee Golf Club
17 Arizona, Cochise County, Willcox — The Willcox Women's Community Center
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18 Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, Camelback East Village — Hunt Bass Hatchery
19 Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, Camelback East Village — Papago Park's Military History
20 Arizona, Yavapai County, Prescott — City Park and Ballfield
21 Arizona, Yavapai County, Prescott — Grace M. Sparkes — 1893 – 1963
22 Arizona, Yavapai County, Prescott — Prescott National Guard Armory
23 Arkansas, Mississippi County, Osceola — WPA Post Office
24 Arkansas, Newton County, Jasper — C-12 — Newton County — County Seat
25 California, Alameda County, Berkeley, Berkeley Hills — North Branch Berkeley Public Library — James W. Plachek, Architect, 1936
26 California, Alameda County, Berkeley, North Berkeley — Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden — City of Berkeley Landmark - Designated in 1995 — Vernon M. Dean, Landscape Architect - 1933-1937 —
27 California, Alameda County, Oakland, Grand Lake — Morcom Amphitheater of Roses
28 California, Alameda County, Oakland, Joaquin Miller Park — The Creation of a Park
29 California, Contra Costa County, Richmond — Alvarado Park
30 California, Contra Costa County, Richmond — Alvarado Park
31 California, Kern County, Taft — The Fort — Replica of Sutter’s Fort — Erected in 1940 A.D. —
32 California, Los Angeles County, Altadena — Farnsworth Park — Works Progress Administration
33 California, Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills — Beverly Hills High School — Swim Gym — 1939 —
34 California, Los Angeles County, La Crescenta-Montrose, Montrose — The Great Flood of 1934
35 California, Los Angeles County, La Verne — La Verne Heights Elementary School
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36 California, Los Angeles County, Long Beach, Downtown Core — 17 — Recreation
37 California, Los Angeles County, Long Beach, East Village — Long Beach Post Office
38 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Cahuenga Pass — Barham Blvd Bridge
39 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Canoga Park — Assembly Hall — Canoga Park High School
40 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Canoga Park — Canoga Park Post Office — Challenger Station
41 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Chinatown — Vignes Street Grade Separation
42 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles — Macy Street Grade Separation — Cesar Chavez Avenue —
43 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles — Temple Street Grade Separation
44 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Echo Park — 972 — Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center — Los Angeles
45 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Echo Park — Queen of the Angels — Lady of the Lake — Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles —
46 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Franklin Canyon — Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir — Exact Center of Los Angeles
47 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Glassell Park — Washington Irving Junior High School — Irving STEAM Magnet School
48 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Griffith Park — 100 Years of Golf in Griffith Park — 1914-2014
49 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Griffith Park — Riverside Drive - Zoo Drive Bridge
50 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Griffith Park — 910 — Riverside Drive Bridge
51 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Griffith Park — 942 — Site of the Old Zoo — Griffith Park - Los Angeles
52 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Lincoln Heights — 156 — Fire Station No. 1
53 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Mid City — Los Angeles Center for Advanced Studies — Louis Pasteur Junior High School
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54 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Northeast Los Angeles — Florence Nightingale Junior High School
55 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, San Pedro — San Pedro Post Office
56 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Sun Valley — Roscoe Elementary School — 1939
57 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Sunland — Sunland Park
58 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Sylmar — Dexter Park
59 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Tujunga — Verdugo Hills High School
60 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Van Nuys — Engine Company No. 39 — Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
61 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Westlake — 1st Street Viaduct — Over Glendale Boulevard
62 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Westwood — Los Angeles National Cemetery — Veterans Administration Center
63 California, Los Angeles County, Pasadena, North Central — Washington Park — Pasadena
64 California, Los Angeles County, Pomona — Millard Sheets Gallery
65 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Monica — City Hall — Santa Monica Landmark —
66 California, Orange County, Fullerton — 19 — Fullerton College
67 California, Orange County, Fullerton — 11 — Fullerton Library
68 California, Placer County, Auburn — The Historic Cooper Amphitheater
69 California, San Bernardino County, Ontario — Central School — El Morado Court Historic District — 1934 —
70 California, San Bernardino County, Redlands — 42 — San Bernardino Asistencia
71 California, San Diego County, San Diego — 49 — Adobe Chapel of The Immaculate Conception
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72 California, San Diego County, San Diego — 7 — Mormon Battalion
73 California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara — Los Baρos del Mar Pool — Opened April 1939
74 California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Downtown San Jose — Main Post Office
75 California, Shasta County, Redding — Veterans Memorial Hall
76 California, Ventura County, Fillmore — Bardsdale Bridge — 1939
77 California, Ventura County, Santa Paula — 143 — Isbell School — 1939
78 Colorado, Adams County, Brighton — Historic City Hall
79 Colorado, Arapahoe County, Littleton — Littleton, Colorado Post Office — National Register of Historic Places
80 Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden — Transportation
81 Colorado, Jefferson County, Morrison — West Alameda Parkway / Dinosaur Ridge — Works Progress Administration — 1937 —
82 Colorado, Kiowa County, Eads — Unity Lodge No. 142, A.F. & A.M. — Works Progress Administration
83 Colorado, Larimer County, Fort Collins — Antoine Janis Cabin
84 Colorado, Larimer County, Fort Collins — Carnegie Library
85 Colorado, Lincoln County, Hugo — Hugo Municipal Pool — Works Progress Administration — 1938 —
86 Colorado, Logan County, Sterling — Original Building — Overland Trail Museum
87 Colorado, Montrose County, Montrose — Montrose County Jail
88 Colorado, Prowers County, Lamar — Explore Big Timbers Region
89 Colorado, Weld County, Platteville — Fort Vasquez Trading Post — 1835 — Welcome - Bienvenido - Bonjour —
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90 Connecticut, Hartford County, Hartford, Clay Arsenal — Black Heroes in Hartford: Gwendolyn Clarke Reed — Actress, Playwright, Community Storyteller (1912 - 1974) — #HartfordBlackHeroes —
91 Connecticut, New Haven County, New Haven, West River — Corporal Timothy Francis Ahearn
92 Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware City — Theatre — Fort Dupont — Shaped by History and Anchored in Nature —
93 Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Mid-town Brandywine — United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House
94 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Judiciary Square — DC Recorder of Deeds Building / WPA Era Murals — 515 D Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
95 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Smithsonian National Zoo — Art in the Park
96 District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) — Bolling Air Force Base
97 Florida, Franklin County, Carrabelle — Marvin N. Justiss Building — "Some say he built half of Carrabelle"
98 Florida, Hernando County, Spring Lake — Spring Lake Community Center — 1938
99 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — In the Beginning... — Uncle Sam Chooses Tampa for Base in 1939
100 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — Middleton Senior High School

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