Two Buttes Gymnasium

Because the town had no public meeting or recreational spaces and the school was not large enough, the Two Buttes School District applied for a WPA project in 1935 to construct a new school with a gymnasium and additional classrooms. Construction began in early 1936 with a crew of 36. The gymnasium was constructed of local stone "taken from eight different quarries to assure high quality." A letter appeared in the "WPA Worker" in August 1936, praising the WPA as the "most wonderful thing that ever happened in hard times." The letter invited people to come see the remarkable Two Buttes Gymnasium, erected through the hard labor of amateurs without any construction machinery. A community supper and dance celebrated the gymnasium's completion in May 1937.