Athletic Field Improvements – Mount Lebanon PA

City:
Mount Lebanon, PA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1935

Description

Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was “grading and landscaping [an] athletic field” in Mount Lebanon. The Federal government allocated $11,970 for the project and local sponsors contributed $2,336. The exact location of the field is unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"Allot $454,015 For WPA Jobs in This Area"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 7, 1935 (page 5)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 2, 2014.

Location Info

Mount Lebanon, PA Allegheny County

Location notes: General marker for town of Mount Lebanon.

Coordinates: 40.355347, -80.04949

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