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Magruder Park Improvements – Hyattsville MD

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Magruder Park is Hyattsville’s major park facility. According to an index of WPA projects in the National Archives the WPA worked on the park in 1935, improving the park, clearing the stream, constructing playground courts, a wading pool and curbs and installing playground equipment.

Source notes

National Archives, Record Group 69, “Microfilmed Index to WPA Projects.”

Project originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on June 5, 2013.

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Location Info

Magruder Park
Hyattsville, MD 20781

Coordinates: 38.950263, -76.95098310000003

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