- City:
- Branford, CT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) funded labor toward the development of Hammer Park in Branford, CT. The town’s Annual Report, 1937 said: “The W. P. A. has assisted in laying out, grading, seeding and planting shrubs and trees on that portion of the Field at the corner of Prospect Street and Church Street so what was a dumping ground that was an eye sore … has now become a place of beauty …”
Source notes
Annual Report of the Town of Branford, 1937Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 7, 2016.
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