Reynolds Park Golf Course
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
Project originally submitted by Gray Brechin on June 9, 2022.
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