Port Orchard Park Improvements – Port Orchard WA

City:
Port Orchard, WA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

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

Started:
1937

Description

A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that “Foot-paths are included in ground improvements for the Port Orchard Park with $1,207.” It is likely that this park is now the facility known as Veterans Memorial Park.

Source notes

WPA Press Release [#344], Dec. 1937, [page 44]: https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 27, 2014.

Location Info

1431 Retsil Rd SE
Port Orchard, WA 98366

Coordinates: 47.538202, -122.616899

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