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This #FortRileyFriday we conclude our look at buildings that made up the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Camp. The WPA was responsible for nearly $4-million in construction and infrastructure improvements on post in the1930s. The WPA Camp was located to the south and west of Main Post between the Union Pacific railroad tracks and the Kansas River.
Building 319 Marshall Avenue was built in 1936 as an instruction building for the WPA Camp. When Fort Riley took over the building in 1942 it was converted for use as a motor repair shop with an ordinance room on the on the building's west end.
Most recently, building 319 served as the long-time home of Fort Riley's Civilian Personnel Advisory Center (CPAC) before that activity moved to their current location in building 253 along Cavalry Stable Row.
319 Marshall Avenue is currently being renovated for use by City Light and Power, the post's privatized electric utility provider.
Pictured: Building 319 in 1942 (top) and as it appears today (bottom.)
| Date Taken: | 07.19.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 01.22.2024 11:36 |
| Photo ID: | 8205619 |
| VIRIN: | 190719-A-YH536-1001 |
| Resolution: | 843x843 |
| Size: | 84.1 KB |
| Location: | FORT RILEY, KANSAS, US |
| Web Views: | 9 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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