- City:
- Akron, OH
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
WPA crews conducted improvements to this course from 1935 to 1936. From a 1936 story in Golfdom Magazine: “$75,000 is being spent through the WPA for remodeling fairways on the J. Edward Good Park Golf Club at Akron, Ohio.”
Source notes
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 20, Folder 350-A. Karl Sutphin, “$5,500,000—Golf’s WPA Share,” Golfdom Magazine, October 19, 1936, accessed August 10, 2014.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 9, 2015.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation