Cemetery Improvements – Goffstown NH

City:
Goffstown, NH

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Cemeteries

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Started:
1934

Description

A municipal report of 1934 describes CWA work on a local cemetery:

Cemetery Project
US.Govt.Funds on C.W.A. Project
Paid for labor $1,556.50
Stone furnished $57.00
Total $1,613.50
The town constructed a wrought iron fence, the CWA’s share was the granite foundations for the fence posts and granite pillars for the entranceways.

Source notes

Annual Reports OF THE Selectmen, Treasurer and Town Clerk OF THE Town of Goffstown FOR THE Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 1935

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on May 31, 2014.

Location Info

Black Mountain Rd.
Goffstown, NH 03045

Location notes: Marker is for the Shirley Hill Cemetery, which appears to be the only cemetery in Goffstown. Confirmation that this is the cemetery improved by the CWA is still needed.

Coordinates: 42.983292, -71.56539

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