- City:
- Potsdam, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Colleges and Universities, Tennis Courts
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
A description of Works Progress Administration (WPA) work: “Potsdam Normal School was given a modern athletic field, with a baseball field, tennis courts, etc.” What was then Potsdam Normal School now comprises part of SUNY Potsdam.
Source notes
"Many Streets, Roads Improved with WPA Money." The Massena Observer, Oct. 11, 1938, page 5. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031311/1938-10-11/ed-1/seq-5/ https://www.potsdam.edu/about/bicentennial/history.cfmSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 26, 2015.
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