- City:
- Van Wert, OH
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The local high school football stadium known as H. A. Eggerss Stadium was a WPA project dedicated September 18 1936, the night of the first high school football game held there. Hans Eggerss, founder of the Continental Can Co. which had a factory in Van Wert, provided the money and chaired the citizen’s committee.
Source notes
Local knowledge. https://www.timesbulletin.com/Content/Sports/Sports/Article/Eggerss-Stadium-home-to-many-during-75-years-of-existence/3/6/169033Site originally submitted by Kevin Triplett on July 29, 2014.
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