- City:
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses, Swimming Pools, Paths and Trails, Picnic and Other Facilities, Athletic Courts and Fields, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped construct Salem-Winston’s Reynolds Park and Recreation Center between 1939 and 1940.
“A $300,000 proposed municipal park and recreation center at Winston-Salem, N.C., has received final approval in Washington,” a journalist for Park & Recreation magazine reported. “The development, to be known as Reynolds Park, will be located two miles east of the courthouse square…Within the area will be an 18-hole golf course, a large swimming pool, tennis courts, an athletic field and wooded area for walking and picnicking.”
The fruits of this WPA-funded project can still be enjoyed today.
Source notes
“New Recreation Center for Winston-Salem,” Parks &Recreation, March 1939.
“June 1, 1940: Reynolds Park is Dedicated,” Winston-Salem Time Traveler. https://winstonsalemtimetraveler.com/2014/06/01/june-11940-reynolds-park-dedicated/
“Reynolds Park Municipal Golf Course,” Perry Maxwell Archive. https://www.perrymaxwellarchive.com/reynolds-park-gc-winston-salem-nc
Site originally submitted by Gray Brechin on June 9, 2022.
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