- City:
- Merced, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
“[I]n 1937, the Merced City Council applied for a Works Progress Administration project to construct a new park — a park that would cost about $41,000 total, with the city providing $9,800 and the federal government $30,800.
Included in the new park would be seven acres of lawn, more than a mile of water pipe, demolition of the grandstand and bleachers in the old park’s athletic field, a new fence, pens for animals and birds, duck pond, and deer shed, along with trees, shrubs, flowers and landscaping…
The project required 590 man-months of labor, according to G.E. Winton, the city engineer at the time…
In 1938, after the OK was given for the upgrades to the park, the sports field was demolished and pens and buildings for animals were built. Those animal facilities were turned into a zoo in 1961…
The buildings that house the animals at the zoo were buildings originally built in Applegate Park under the WPA.”
Source notes
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/05/01/1406496/wpa-applegate-park.html
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|
| $30,800.00 | $9,800.00 | $40,600.00 |
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