Municipal Improvements – College Park MD

City:
College Park, MD

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

According to an index of WPA projects in the National Archives, the WPA rebuilt dairy barns and developed a botanic garden in College Park. These may have been on land owned by the University of Maryland.

The WPA also installed water mains in the area, all in 1935.

Source notes

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

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on June 10, 2013.

Location Info

College Park, MD

Location notes: Location marker is general marker for the city of College Park.

Coordinates: 38.9896967, -76.93776

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