- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Works Progress Administration, and the Civil Works Administration (WPA) funded improvements at the Logan Playground in Washington DC.
The work consisted of the following improvements:
WPA, 1935-1936, “grading 1,000 cubic yards.” (Report of the Government of the District of Columbia 1936)
WPA, 1936-1937, “Completed grading, fencing 400 linear feet; one gate.” (Report of the Government of the District of Columbia 1937)
WPA, 1937-1938, “Installation of equipment.” (Report of the Government of the District of Columbia 1938)
Source notes
Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1936, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936, p. 161.
Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1937, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937, p. 125.
Report of the Government of the District of Columbia, For the Year Ended June 30, 1938, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938, p. 179.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 31, 2020.
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