Dunn Park Improvements – Woonsocket RI

City:
Woonsocket, RI

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Athletic Courts and Fields

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) contributed greatly to the development of the park system in Woonsocket, R.I. Dunn Park benefited from landscaping improvements and construction of a 600-foot stone boundary wall.

Source notes

Allaire Notes: 6.viii, Playgrounds. Folder at the Woonsocket Public Library.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 25, 2016.

Location Info


Dunn Park
Woonsocket, RI

Coordinates: 41.99736, -71.53059

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