- City:
- Salem, MA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
Description
[SSU.WP:] “Major improvements were initiated in 1933 and 1934 with W.P.A. workers planting many botanical specimens. F. Carroll Sargent, noted arborist, brought many varieties of trees and shrubs from all over North America, China, Japan, Europe, Manchuria, Siberia and Korea to plant at the cemetery. Notable speciments are the following trees: Amur Cork, Dawn Redwood, Osage Orange, Yellowwood, and Katsura Trees. In 1934 the Workers Progress Administration (WPA) workers planted hundreds of trees.”Given the dates, it is more likely that the author meant to attribute the Civil Works Administration (CWA), not the WPA.
Source notes
https://salemsecretunderground.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/greenlawn-cemetery-tunnels-and-lords-of-salem/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 18, 2016.
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