Duke Park – Durham NC

City:
Durham, NC

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“In the early 1930s, though, Duke Park became one of several Durham parks that were redeveloped by the Civil Works Administration and Emergency Relief Administration of North Carolina as agents for the Federal Works Progress administration.”

Source notes

https://www.opendurham.org/buildings/duke-park-duke-park-pool-and-bathhouse

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 12, 2014.
Additional contributions by Fern Nesson.

Location Info


1530 Acadia Street
Durham, NC 27701

Coordinates: 36.0136, -78.8931

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