- City:
- Cleveland, OH
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The Works Progress Administration worked to beautify Cleveland’s Erie Street Cemetery during the Great Depression.
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: “Complaints of neglect inspired WPA action, including erecting a fence fashioned from the demolished Superior Ave. viaduct’s sandstone. In 1940 the refurbished cemetery of historic graves, including that of Sauk Chief , was rededicated.”
Source notes
https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/319#.VfenBGOd2M8 https://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=ESCSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 14, 2015.
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