- City:
- El Cerrito, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities, Athletic Courts and Fields
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed two parks in El Cerrito, Poinsett and Huber.
WPA improvements at 2.6-acre Huber park include leveling portions of the hillside site, building extensive rubble stone support walls, and constructing recreational facilities. The latter include a lower area with paved basketball and kickball courts, a large cement slide, a play area with swings for children, and a picnic area with a large brick fireplace. There is also a small clubhouse (apparently closed), bathrooms, and trails.
The date May 1939 is inscribed on the brick fireplace, which is probably the year when the WPA worked at the park.
Source notes
Huber Park: https://www.el-cerrito.org/facilities/facility/details/Huber-Park-13), accessed November 4, 2018.
El Cerrito Historical Society: https://www.elcerritohistoricalsociety.org/nar_parks.html
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on November 4, 2018.
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Austin Roorda
This is just down the street from house and the hub of our neighborhood. So much so, that we call this place Huberville!