- 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.
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