D.W. Field Golf Course Development – Brockton MA

City:
Brockton, MA

Site Type:
Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers expanded D.W. Field Golf Course in Brockton, Mass. WPA Bulletin:

Brockton WPA added ten acres to the original 30 acres of fairways, built bunkers to tax the skill of players, widened fairways and did extensive grading and reseeding work at the D. W. Field public golf course.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Aug. 21, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2017.

Location Info

331 Oak St
Brockton, MA 02301

Coordinates: 42.103981, -71.040026

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