Hayes Park Pools – Newark NJ

City:
Newark, NJ

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed two pools at Hayes Park in Newark, New Jersey ca. 1936. It is probable that the pools are no longer extant.

Source notes

"Highlight," a WPA publication, December 1936 issue, page 2. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2015.

Location Info


Broad St.
Newark, NJ

Coordinates: 40.733174, -74.134790

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