- City:
- Port Jervis, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Park Avenue Observatory was built in 1934.
Park Avenue was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps along the base of Mt. William as a scenic route into the city of Port Jervis and to provide employment to the people in Port Jervis. The observatory was built along the road the following year.
Source notes
https://sullivanny.us/sites/default/files/departments/BOL/ContractingAgencies/udsb/UDSB_EnhancementConceptPlan_sm.pdf
Minetor, Randi. Scenic Routes and Byways New York. United States, Globe Pequot, 2014.
https://minisink.org/tristatepoints.html
Site originally submitted by Alex Ginella on January 1, 2021.
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