- City:
- Winthrop, MA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Athletic Courts and Fields
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Description
W.P.A. Bulletin, 1937: “At the north end of the former swamp, WPA raised the level a half dozen feet and built William A. Miller Athletic Field in honor of one of Winthrop’s sons killed in action in France during the world war. Clay from Winthrop Highlands and sand from Point Shirley formed a firm basis for Miller Field in the days of CWA and ERA when Howard Shattuck, superintendent of the Winthrop water department, doubled in brass, so to speak, and directed work relief activities without pay in addition to his regular job as water department superintendent.”
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 15, 1937 (pg. 2-3) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unitSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 6, 2017.
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