Park Development – Grove City PA

City:
Grove City, PA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

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

Description

The federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop and otherwise improve Memorial Park in Grove City, Pennsylvania during the 1930s.

Source notes

"Grove City Reduces Its Debt and Makes Saving, Total $150,000." Greenville Record-Argus, Feb. 18, 1935 (page 4) https://www.grovecityhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Grove-City-1920-1929r.compressed.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 24, 2015.

Location Info

Memorial Park
Grove City, PA

Location notes: Approximate location

Coordinates: 41.1621, -80.105

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