- City:
- Providence, RI
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Civic Facilities, Archaeology and History, Monuments and Memorials, Picnic and Other Facilities, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The WPA restored this fort at some point prior to 1938. From Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State: “[T]he Works Progress Administration has restored the old fort, graded the land, and converted it into a park.” The site is now the Columbia Park Playground.
Source notes
Federal Writers Project, 1938. Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State, p. 288 FortWikiSite originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 14, 2016.
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