Happy Hollow Playground – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

Site Type:
Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1935

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Civil Works Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded improvements at the Happy Hollow Playground in Washington DC. A wading pool was installed.

In 1934-1935, FERA, “[r]esurfaced one tennis court; painted house.”

Source notes

Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1934, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935, p. 86.

Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1935, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936, p. 116.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 8, 2020.

Location Info


Happy Hollow Playground
Washington, DC

Location notes: General location marker.

Coordinates: 38.9192781, -77.0413659

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