- City:
- Peekskill, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shelters
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve Peekskill, New York’s Fort Hill Park and Depew Park during the 1930s.
One project (involving either/both parks) was described by the WPA in its project rolls: “Work includes constructing comfort station, shelter building, and fireplace; performing masonry, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work; installing water pipe, drinking fountains, and edging around running track; painting and roofing; [and] removing stone wall.”
WPA Official Project No.: 665-21-2-540.
Source notes
National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.
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