Dutch Gardens – New City NY

City:
New City, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Gardens and Nurseries

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

Started:
1935

Completed:
1938

Description

The historic Dutch Gardens in New City, New York, part of Courthouse Park, were constructed between 1935 and 1938 with federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor. This was significant as the only W.P.A. outdoor construction project to be designed and supervised by a woman, Mary Mowbray-Clarke.

Source notes

https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=33599&q=false

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 30, 2016.

Location Info

21 New Hempstead Rd
New City, NY 10956

Coordinates: 41.145739, -73.991076

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