- City:
- Auburn, AL
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Education and Health, Colleges and Universities, Auditoriums and Arenas
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an Outdoor Amphitheater for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University). The amphitheater was built for the Agricultural Training camp. Granite cobblestones retrieved after the WPA paved the streets of Montgomery were used for the structure.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 18, 2017.
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