- City:
- Elmira, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
The construction of Dunn Field during the Great Depression was enabled by a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939. The ballpark is still in use today.
(PWA Docket No. [W]1619)
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 27. Elmira, by James E. Hare, James Arthur Kieffer (page 88).Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 16, 2014.
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