page_title: PWA Moderne
section_title: Iowa
hierarchical_section_title: PWA Moderne / Examples of PWA buildings / Iowa
caption_attribution_description: English: Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, now part of the Tyson Events Center, in Sioux City, Iowa; seen from the southwest.
context_page_description: PWA Moderne is an architectural style of many buildings in the United States completed between 1933 and 1944, during and shortly after the Great Depression as part of relief projects sponsored by the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration.
  The style draws from traditional motifs such as Beaux-Arts classicism and Art Deco and is similar to Streamline Moderne, often with zigzag ornamentation added. The structures reflect a greater use of conservative and classical elements and have a monumental feel. They include post offices, train stations, public schools, libraries, civic centers, courthouses, museums, bridges, and dams across the country. Banks were also built in the style because such buildings radiated authority.
context_section_description: Animosa: Jones County Courthouse, 1937, Dougher, Rich and Woodburn
  Audubon: Audubon County Court House, 1940, Keffer and Jones
  Atlantic: Cass County Courthouse, 1934, Dougher, Rich and Woodburn
  Burlington: Des Moines County Court House, 1940, Keffer and Jones
  Charles City: Floyd County Court House, 1940, Hansen & Waggoner
  Dakota City: Humboldt County Courthouse, 1939
  Independence: Buchanan County Court House, 1940, Dougher, Rich and Woodburn
  Indianola: Warren County Court House, 1939, Keffer and Jones
  St. Olaf: St. Olaf Auditorium, 1939
  Sioux City: Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, 1938–50, Knute E. Westerlind
  Waukon: Allamakee County Court House, 1940, Charles Altfillisch
  Waverly: Bremer County Court House, 1937, Mortimer Cleveland
caption: Sioux City Municipal Auditorium. The smooth brick walls, rounded corners, and deeply incised openings typify the Moderne style.
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