Fort Sheridan (former) Improvements - Fort Sheridan IL

Project type: Military and Public Safety

New Deal Agencies: Civil Works Administration (CWA)

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Description

Illinois’s old Fort Sheridan was improved as part of Federal Project F-87 by the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) ca. 1933-4. “The general scope of the project covered improvements to buildings and grounds, landscaping, drainage and minor construction.”

Source notes

"Report of the Federal Civil Works Administration for Illinois," Mar. 31, 1934.
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074882567;view=1up;seq=82
(page 79)

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 22, 2015.

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