- City:
- South Bend, IN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Shelters, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor conducted improvement work in South Bend’s Leeper Park during the 1930s. “In 1936, a retaining wall faced with scrap salvage concrete was constructed around the island and the channel of the slough was dredged. In 1938 a shelter house near the tennis courts was also built with WPA labor.” The shelter house has since been removed.
Source notes
https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/21f32/N/Leeper_Park_St_Joseph_CO_Nom.pdfSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 3, 2016.
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