Ethan Allen Park Entrance – Burlington VT

City:
Burlington, VT

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Description

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) constructed a masonry entrance at the south end of Ethan Allen Park. The W.P.A. also widened the entrance to 26 feet (W.P.A. Project No. 65-12-344).

Source notes

Before WPA work: Ethan Allen Park, Burlington, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library, https://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalA10F12i10 (accessed May 17, 2017) Stone entrance: Ethan Allen Park, Burlington, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library, https://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalA10F12i01 (accessed May 17, 2017) After widening: Ethan Allen Park, Burlington, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library, https://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalA10F12i11 (accessed May 17, 2017)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 17, 2017.

Location Info


Ethan Allen Park
Burlington, VT

Coordinates: 44.503944, -73.240408

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