WPA in Hobart, Hobart

#3 among attractions in Hobart

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During the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration implemented the New Deal, which would develop the Works Progress Administration. The WPA was a federal jobs program that hired thousands of citizens to construct public works projects. Hobart, Indiana, received funding for multiple public works projects, including the construction of the city's first federal post office and painting of "Early Hobart", the post office lobby's mural. ()

Coordinates: 41°31'57"N, 87°15'17"W

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Hobart United States

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WPA in Hobart – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southlake Mall, First Unitarian Church of Hobart, The Village Shopping Center, Palace Theater.

5.3 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Southlake Mall, Merrillville
135 min walk • Southlake Mall is a shopping mall in Hobart, Indiana that is marketed as being in Merrillville, Indiana, due primarily to being served by the 46410 postal Zip Code.
~1090 ftSE
Church
First Unitarian Church of Hobart, Hobart
6 min walk • First Unitarian Church of Hobart is the oldest Unitarian Church in Indiana, and the oldest church still occupied by its original congregation in the city of Hobart. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 1999. The church is an Italianate style.
5.5 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Village Shopping Center, Gary
141 min walk • The Village Shopping Center is an enclosed shopping mall in Gary, Indiana. Built in 1955, it includes vacant anchors last occupied by Marshalls and US Factory Outlets.
6.1 miNW
Cinema, Palace
Palace Theater, Gary
157 min walk • The Palace Theater is a 1925 movie theater, now closed, located at 791 Broadway in Gary, Indiana, in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It was designed by the prominent movie palace architect John Eberson.
5.6 miSW
Concerts and shows, Music venue, Theater
Star Plaza Theatre, Merrillville
144 min walk • The Star Plaza Theatre was a live music venue located in Merrillville, Indiana. The theatre was a 3,400-seat intimate venue with two seating levels in a semicircle around the stage.
5.5 miNW
41°34'36"N • 87°20'38"W
Jackson family home, Gary
141 min walk • Historical place, Museum
5.1 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Sand dune
Miller Woods, Gary
131 min walk • Miller Woods is the far western unit of Indiana Dunes National Park in the lakefront community of Miller Beach, Indiana. Miller Woods is home to the federally endangered Karner Blue butterfly and the federally threatened Pitcher's thistle. Miller Woods is also the only part of the National Park that also adjoins the Grand Calumet River.
4.7 miN
City hall
Miller Town Hall, Gary
121 min walk • The Miller Town Hall is a two-story brick building in the Miller Beach community in Gary, Indiana, in the United States. It was constructed to serve as the administrative building for the town of Miller, incorporated in 1907, and was used for that purpose until Miller's annexation into Gary in 1918.
5.4 miNE
41°35'29"N • 87°11'9"W
Woodland Park, Portage
138 min walk • Park
4.2 miSE
41°28'36"N • 87°13'19"W
Deep River County Park, Hobart
108 min walk • Park
2.9 miN
Locality
Lake Station
74 min walk • For those interested in history and culture, Lake Station has several attractions to explore. The city is home to the Lake Station Historical Society Museum, which showcases the rich heritage of the region through exhibits and artifacts.