- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) completed improvements at theBurroughs Playground in Washington DC, between 1934 and 1935.
The work consisted of the following improvements: “Resurfaced two tennis courts.”
The playground is on the school grounds of the John Burroughs Elementary School and is used as a school grounds and community playground.
Source notes
Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1935, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936, p. 116.
“Struggle Marks 25 Years Of Playground History,” Sunday Star, September 13, 1936, p. F-1 (accessed September 2, 2020).
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 31, 2020.
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