City Park - Pueblo CO - Living New Deal

City:: Pueblo, CO
Site Type:: Parks and Recreation, Tennis Courts
New Deal Agencies:: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Description

Multiple New Deal agencies collaborated in the development of Pueblo’s City Park (and one of its primary components, the Pueblo Zoo). Stunning stone facilities and walls throughout the park are still in good condition.

There are at least two WPA plaques located in the park: one at the entrance and one affixed to one of the stone buildings at the park’s tennis court complex. The plaques state:

ERECTED THROUGH
THE COOPERATION OF
FEDERAL STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
BY WORKS PROGRESS
ADMINISTRATION
DEDICATED TO THE
ENRICHMENT
OF HUMAN LIVES
* A RECORD OF *
* PERMANENT *
* ACHIEVEMENT *

Source notes

WPA plaques on site. "The New Deal in Colorado, 1933-1942: Properties Listed in the National Register of Historic Places or the Colorado State Register," Colorado Historical Society, 2008. www.historycolorado.org/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 1, 2016.