Howard Playground Improvements – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

Site Type:
Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation

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

Started:
1933

Completed:
1934

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded improvements at Howard Playground in Washington DC between 1936-1937.

The work included the following improvements: “Demolished pool, filled and graded in preparation for installing wading pool.”

Source notes

Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1937, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937, p. 125.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 30, 2020.

Location Info


Howard Playground
Washington, DC

Location notes: General location marker.

Coordinates: 38.9199, -77.0159

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