Lions Park Building – Cheyenne WY

City:
Cheyenne, WY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agency:
Work Relief Programs

Description

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and/or Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed a building in Lions Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming, most likely in 1934.

“Already a city of beautiful parks, Cheyenne erected a red stone building with relief labor at Lions park to house equipment and a wall was raised as well to shut off any unsightly display of implements.”

The location and status of this project is unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING REPORTS BRIGHT SPOTS IN PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT," Casper Star-Tribune, March 3, 1935 (pg. 37): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/348227781/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 26, 2022.

Location Info


S Lions Park Dr
Cheyenne, WY 82001

Location notes: General location marker for park

Coordinates: 41.1546, -104.8296

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