Bunker Hill Monument Improvements – Boston MA

City:
Boston, MA

Site Type:
Archaeology and History, Historical Restoration

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

Description

The W.P.A. conducted restoration and preservation work at the Bunker Hill Monument. “Such colossal monuments such as the stone shaft at Bunker Hill, Grant’s Tomb, and the Statue of Liberty have been repaired, have had their grounds beautified, or have been otherwise improved.”

Source notes

Inventory: An Appraisal of Results of the Works Progress Administration (1938), pg. 36 https://archive.org/stream/Inventory19380630/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 15, 2017.

Location Info


Monument Sq.
Boston, MA

Coordinates: 42.376354, -71.060776

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