Works Progress Administration

Are you curious about WPA ProjectS?

While there is information in the Wisconsin and Milwaukee County Historical Societies about Milwaukee County Parks, there is not a lot of detail on the WPA projects and CCC camps that happened in the 1930s and 1940s as part of the New Deal. There is a very interesting initiative that is attempting to document New Deal projects in all 50 states. And the beach house in Doctors Park is now listed.

The Living New Deal has its roots in documenting WPA impacts in California, but soon outgrew the original intent as the vast extent of New Deal public works projects became clear.  Since 2005, the project became a team effort to inventory, map, and interpret how the New Deal radically changed America.