- City:
- Braithwaite, LA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Tennis Courts, Stadiums, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
Braithwaite Park is “a 32-acre WPA-built recreation area containing picnic grounds, a bathing beach, tennis courts, a baseball diamond, and a dance pavilion.”
The park, with different amenities, is still in use today.
Source notes
Louisiana: A Guide to the State by the Federal Writers' Project (pg. 496)Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 31, 2014.
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