- City:
- West Bridgewater, MA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers constructed War Memorial Park in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. From a W.P.A. Bulletin:
The historic home of Capt. John Ames, built in 1774 in West Bridgewater, featuring “Pulpit Rock” where Rev. John Keith in 1663 preached his first sermon to settlers in this country, is being converted by a WPA project into a five-acre park and beauty spot.
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Aug. 8, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unitSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 10, 2017.
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