Nazareth Boro Park, WPA 1939 Traffic Bridge
Project type: Bathhouses, Parks and recreation, Paths and Trails, Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Swimming Pools
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started: 1935
Completed: 1939
Quality of Information: Moderate
Status: Marked
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Nazareth Boro Park (also spelled Nazareth Borough Park) was begun in 1935 as a WPA project. Stone walls, a foot bridge, and an automobile bridge were among the features constructed. By 1937, a bathhouse and an 18,500 square foot swimming pool had been constructed. The pool was replaced in 2015 due to structural damage. The bridges and stone walls and entrance to the park remain. The automobile bridge has WPA 1939 chiseled into the rock.
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Nazareth Boro Park, WPA 1939 Bridge
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1939 WPA Stamp Chiseled on Stone Bridge
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Nazareth Boro Park, Entrance Gate
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Nazareth Boro Park, Small Stone Footbridge
Source notes
Nazareth Borough Park, Borough of Nazareth Parks and Recreation. Retrieved June 19, 2016
Nazareth History Bites. Nazareth Now!Nazareth Economic Development. Retrieved June 19, 2016WPA 1939, chiseled into cornerstone of bridge wall
Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on June 23, 2016.
What is the building on the path that has water coming out of it?? What was its purpose?