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Kanab Library
The Kanab Library is a historic building in Kanab, Utah. It was built by Mark E. Pope in 1939-1940 as a Works Progress Administration project to house the public library initially established in 1915, and designed in the Prairie School and Art Deco styles by architect Carson Fordham Wells, Jr. With It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... since September 7, 1995. References External links Art Deco architecture in Utah Library buildings completed in 1939 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Utah Prairie School architecture in Utah Works Progress Administration in Utah 1939 establishments in Utah {{KaneCountyUT-NRHP ...
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Kanab, Utah
Kanab ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States.Find a County
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It is located on just north of the state line.


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The area where Kanab is located was first settled in 1864, and the town was founded in 1870 when 10 families moved into the area. Named for a Paiute word ...
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Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. The WPA's first appropriation in 1935 was $4.9 billion (about $15 per person in the U.S., around 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP). Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA supplied paid jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States, while building up the public infrastructure of the US, such as parks, schools, and roads. Most of the jobs were in construction, building more than of streets and over 10,000 bridges, in addition to many airports and much housing. In 1942, the WPA played a key role in both building and staffing Internment of Japanes ...
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Prairie School
Prairie School is a late 19th and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands, integration with the landscape, and solid construction and craftsmanship. It reflects discipline in the use of ornament, which was often inspired by organic growth and seen carved into wood, stenciled on plaster, in colored glass, veined marble, and prints or paintings with a general prevalence of earthy, autumnal colors. Spaciousness and continuous horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the wide, flat, treeless expanses of America's native prairie landscape, and decoration often depicted prairie wildlife, sometimes with indigenous materials contributing to a sense of the building belonging to the landscape. The Prairie School sought to develop an indigenous North American style of architecture, distingui ...
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Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s, through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including clothing, fashion, and jewelry. Art Deco has influenced buildings from skyscrapers to cinemas, bridges, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects, including radios and vacuum cleaners. The name Art Deco came into use after the 1925 (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris. It has its origin in the bold geometric forms of the Vienna Secession and Cubism. From the outset, Art Deco was influenced by the bright colors of Fauvism and the Ballets Russes, and the exoticized styles of art from Chinese art, China, Japanese art, Japan, Indian ...
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Carson Fordham Wells, Jr
Carson may refer to: People and fictional characters *Carson (surname), a list people and fictional characters with the surname * Carson (given name), a list of people with the given name Places United States *Carson, California, a city *Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois * Carson, Iowa, a city * Carson, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Carson City, Michigan * Carson Township, Minnesota * Carson, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Carson, Missouri, a ghost town *Carson City, Nevada * Carson, New Mexico, an unincorporated community * Carson, North Dakota, a city * Carson, Oregon, an unincorporated community *Carson County, Texas * Carson, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carson, Washington, an unincorporated community *Carson, Wisconsin, a town *Fort Carson, Colorado, a United States Army post *Carson Beach, South Boston, Massachusetts, a public beach * Carson Desert, Nevada *Carson National Forest, New Mexico *Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) *Carso ...
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National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all List of national parks of the United States, national parks; most National monument (United States), national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations. The United States Congress created the agency on August 25, 1916, through the National Park Service Organic Act. Its headquarters is in Washington, D.C., within the main headquarters of the Department of the Interior. The NPS employs about 20,000 people in units covering over in List of states and territories of the United States, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Territories of the United States, US territories. In 2019, the service had more than 279,000 volunteers. The agency is charged with preserving the ecological a ...
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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Kane County, Utah
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Utah. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Utah, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 19 properties listed on the National Register in the county. __TOC__ Current listings See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Zion National Park * List of National Historic Landmarks in Utah * National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah Image:Utah counties map.png, 300px, Map of Utah counties (clickable) poly 44 574 234 578 233 586 234 594 240 599 242 605 246 603 248 604 248 607 256 614 255 620 249 629 252 634 248 634 242 645 44 640 Beaver County poly 59 39 280 41 286 54 290 5 ... References External links {{Ka ...
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Art Deco Architecture In Utah
Art is a diverse range of culture, cultural activity centered around works of art, ''works'' utilizing Creativity, creative or imagination, imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, technical proficiency, or beauty. There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes ''art'', and its interpretation has varied greatly throughout history and across cultures. In the Western world, Western tradition, the three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and architecture. Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of "the arts". Until the 17th century, ''art'' referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are s ...
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