- City:
- Columbus, IN
- Site Type:
- Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed improvements at the municipal Greenbelt Golf Course in Columbus, IN.
The Evening Republican, (1/12/1939) states that the funds allocated amounted to “$28,399 for improvements at city golf course.” The article describes the approval of the WPA project including improvements to the golf course, flood control work—straightening the creek bed and widening the channel at the Tenth Street bridge—on the creek through the property, and construction of picnic grounds (now removed).
An article in The Evening Republican (5/4/1939) describes the rescue of a swimmer near the “dam at the golf course” and notes that WPA workers from the golf course responded to calls for help.
Source notes
"$28,399 for improvements at city golf course", The Evening Republican, Columbus, IN (62)10, 1/12/1939 (Newspapers.com accessed at Bartholomew County Public Library 3/30/2023).
"Golf course work to start Feb. 20", The Evening Republican, Columbus, IN (62)34, 2/9/1939 (Newspapers.com accessed at Bartholomew County Public Library 3/30/2023).
The Evening Republican, Columbus, IN (62)106, 5/4/1939 (Newspapers.com accessed at Bartholomew County Public Library 3/30/2023).
Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on March 31, 2023.
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