Fort Monroe Bandshell - Hampton VA

City:: Hampton, VA
Site Type:: Parks and Recreation, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies:: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Started:: 1934
Completed:: 1934
Designer:: Capt. Harrington W. Cochran
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

In 1934 several New Deal Programs provided funding and employed Fort Monroe laborers in the construction of the Fort Monroe Bandshell in Continental Park. The new bandshell replaced the previous one that had been destroyed by hurricanes in 1933. Capt. Harrington W. Cochran designed the bandshell for the 2nd Coast Artillery Band which played there for the first time in April 1934. Robert Kelly, Casemate Museum Historian at the Fort Monroe Authority, notes that Capt. Cochran’s diary “documents Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Administration (PWA), and the Civil Works Administration (CWA) all either funding projects and/or providing labor for improvements across the post.”