- City:
- Portland, OR
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers provided landscaping improvements to the Eastmoreland Golf Course, the City of Portland’s oldest municipal course, during 1937. The $26,348 project budget was made up almost entirely of labor costs. As a Parks Bureau report notes, Parks Superintendent Charles P. Keyser took care in the use of relief funds to expand the City’s budget since “they could be expended only for parks improvements or expansions, not maintenance of existing facilities” (p. 31).
The exact nature and location of the improvements are unknown to us.
Source notes
City of Portland (1939) “Summary of WPA Projects: Sept. 1935 – Jan. 1939.” Ben S. Morrow, City Engineer.
Portland Parks & Recreation (2010) “Open Space & Park Development: 1851-1965.” January 2010.
Site originally submitted by Judith T Kenny on January 6, 2015.
Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $26,348.00 |
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