- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1936, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted cleanup efforts at Fort Slocum Park, on the site of a Civil War-era fort, in the district’s northeastern quadrant. Crews removed underbrush, poisonous plants, and dead trees to make the rustic park more salubrious for public use.
The outline of the old earthworks of Fort Slocum are clearly visible in satellite view.
Source notes
District of Columbia Works Progress Administration, “Improving Parks of Capital,” Work: A Journal of Progress, Vol. 1, No. 1, Sept. 1936, p. 10
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on June 5, 2015.
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