Project type: Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs
Started: 1933
Completed: 1935
Quality of Information: Very Good
Marked:
Unknown
Site Survival: Unknown
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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.
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 8, 2020.
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