Glenwood Park – Ada OK

City:
Ada, OK

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Tennis Courts

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“In 1939, the WPA constructed tennis courts (no longer in existence), rock retaining walls, concrete footbridges, and stone drainage ditches. The retaining wall has vertical piers at the top, which served as parking ‘curbs’ for street level parking.”

 

There is a “WPA shield engraved on a rock in the drainage ditch area.”

Source notes

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMRY1Q_Glenwood_Park_Ada_OK

Site originally submitted by hamquilter on August 22, 2016.

Location Info


W. Main St. and N. Ash Ave.
Ada, OK 74820
Pontotoc County

Coordinates: 34.774539, -96.688289

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