- City:
- Austin, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Gardens and Nurseries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The federal National Youth Administration (NYA) built circular walls surrounding Barton Springs and created a terraced sunken garden. The site can be found along Barton Creek in Zilker Metropolitan Park, just off the Lady Bird Lake Bike Trail. There are two sets of steps leading down into the garden.
Source notes
Plaque set in the stone staircase, texasescapes.com
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on October 10, 2015.
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