- City:
- Orange, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shelters
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA)
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Hart Park in Orange, California, was created in the 1930s by the City of Orange with the help of the State Emergency Relief Agency (SERA) and the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). At the time, the park was known as Orange City Park and was changed to Hart Park in 1964.
SERA and WPA created several facilities at Hart Park, most likely including this area for playing horseshoes. A date stamp carved into the horseshoe pit cement shows a date of October 2, 1935. An adjacent mission-style building for meetings was most likely built by the WPA, as well.
Source notes
Date inscription in concrete.
WPA plaque on bathhouse.
Chris Jepsen. January 18 2008. “W.O Hart Park, Orange”. O.C. History Round Up. https://ochistorical.blogspot.com/2008/01/w-o-hart-park-orange.html
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on November 20, 2013.
Additional contributions by Diem Duong.
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