- City:
- Greenville, PA
- Site Type:
- Picnic and Other Facilities, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor constructed a picnic pavilion in Greenville, Pennsylvania’s Riverside Park in 1938. The exact coordinates octagonal structure within the park are unknown to Living New Deal.
According to the Record-Argus the Greenville Motor Club supplied the materials used to build the pavilion and a plaque on the pavilion credits the club.
Source notes
"Motor Picnic Next Thursday." Greenville Record-Argus, Aug. 20 1938 (page 1)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 24, 2015.
Additional contributions by Andrew Gallentine.
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