WPA architecture
Encyclopedia
WPA architecture or WPA Rustic architecture describes architecture of the U.S. New Deal Works Project Administration (WPA). The WPA provided funding for architects to create a variety of buildings, including amphitheaters and lodges. WPA architecture is akin to National Park Service rustic
architecture.
WPA Rustic, as opposed to National Park Service Rustic as utilized in most national parks, involves more demarcation between the building and the landscape.
The term has been used by the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places
program to describe many buildings and structures, including American Legion
meeting halls and other buildings built by the WPA in the 1930s. For a few examples:
in Arkansas
in North Dakota
in Oklahoma
National Park Service Rustic
National Park Service rustic, also colloquially known as Parkitecture, is a style of architecture that arose in the United States National Park System to create buildings that harmonized with their natural environment. Since its founding, the National Park Service consistently has sought to provide...
architecture.
WPA Rustic, as opposed to National Park Service Rustic as utilized in most national parks, involves more demarcation between the building and the landscape.
The term has been used by the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
program to describe many buildings and structures, including American Legion
American Legion
The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
meeting halls and other buildings built by the WPA in the 1930s. For a few examples:
in Arkansas
- American Legion Hut-Des ArcAmerican Legion Hut-Des ArcAmerican Legion Hut-Des Arc is a building in Des Arc, Arkansas that was built in 1934 in WPA Rustic style. It functioned as a meeting hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995....
- American Legion Post No. 121
- Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post No. 20Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post No. 20The Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post No. 20 is located at 215 N. Denver Avenue in Russellville, Arkansas. It was built in 1936 and reflects WPA Rustic architecture. It served historically as a meeting hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, for its architecture....
in North Dakota
- Grand Forks County Fairgrounds WPA StructuresGrand Forks County Fairgrounds WPA StructuresGrand Forks County Fairgrounds WPA Structures is a collection of five structures within the Grand Forks County Fairgrounds in Grand Forks, North Dakota, that were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009....
, Grand Forks, North Dakota
in Oklahoma
- American Legion Hut (Edmond, Oklahoma)American Legion Hut (Edmond, Oklahoma)The American Legion Hut in Edmond, Oklahoma was built in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It reflects WPA architecture and is also known as Edmond American Legion Hut and served historically as a meeting hall. It was listed for architectural criteria....
- American Legion Hut (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)American Legion Hut (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)The American Legion Hut in Tehlequah City Park, jct. of E Shawnee St. and N. Brookside Ave., in Tahlequah, Oklahoma was built in 1937 and was listed on the National Register in 2006. It reflects WPA Standardized Style and is also known as Rhodes Pritchett American Legion Hut Post 50 and served as...