Evergreen Cemetery Improvements – Portland ME

City:
Portland, ME

Site Type:
Cemeteries, Civic Facilities

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

Started:
1936

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Portland’s “Evergreen Cemetery” was improved by the WPA:

“In 1936, the Public Works and Park Departments received $86,875 in WPA funds for engineering, supervision, a portion of the wages of skilled labor, equipment hire, and some materials. The Park Department used workers for grading and improvements at athletic fields, the golf course, and the city cemetery, and for pruning and spraying of trees along city streets.”   (Conforti)

The 140-acre (57 ha) historical portion of the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Source notes

Creating Portland: History and Place in Northern New England by Joseph A. Conforti

Wikipedia - Evergreen Cemetery

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on June 23, 2016.

Location Info


672 Stevens Ave.
Portland, ME 04103
Cumberland County

Coordinates: 43.681553, -70.298361

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