Langston Playground Improvements – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Started:
1942

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

In 1942, the Washington Post reported the approval of $16,500 in funding for the Federal Works Agency (FWA) to build and/or make improvements to the Langston Recreation Center (now the Langston Playground) in Anacostia Park, next to the Langston Golf Course.

It is known if the present football field, basketball courts and other improvements at the site are left from the New Deal era.

Source notes

“Lanham Act projects are approved,” Washington Post, October 15, 1942, p. B1

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on March 17, 2015.

Location Info


26th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

Coordinates: 38.9015, -76.9699

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