- City:
- Davenport, IA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
Lindsay Park is a 31-acre park located east Davenport, Iowa. The Works Progress Administration landscaped and improved the park in 1935.
Pictured is Lindsay park in 1992. The appearance of the park has changed little since then.
Source notes
www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS260.pdf
Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus, Many projects grew out of Great Depression By Marlene Gantt May 9, 2009, (https://qconline.com/editorials/many-projects-grew-out-of-great-depression/article_028e9c1d-5f72-5563-b3de-36261473c9f5.html), accessed July 11, 2018.
Site originally submitted by The Living New Deal on April 15, 2013.
Additional contributions by Gates Thomas.
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