- City:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“WPA funds were responsible for various projects in [Griffith] park, including construction of a 9 hole golf course on the former Griffith Reservation. At the urging of Mayor Frank Shaw, it was named in honor of President Roosevelt in 1937.”
Source notes
Michael Eberts - Griffith Park: A Centenial HistorySite originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on October 10, 2015.
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