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Location: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium

Lawrence-Dumont Stadium (demolished) – Wichita KS

Lawrence-Dumont Stadium and Downtown

Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, originally Lawrence Stadium, was a baseball stadium built by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) in 1934. Home to minor league baseball and National Baseball Congress tournament for many years. It was demolished in 2018 to make room for… read more

Project type: Stadiums, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Ackerman Island Removal – Wichita KS

Baseball fieldĀ on Ackerman Island, facing eastĀ 

Ackerman Island was an island in the middle of the Arkansas River. In the early 1900s the land had been developed as an amusement park, but by the late 1920s it had fallen into disuse. Works Progress Administration workers widened… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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