- City:
- Portland, ME
- Site Type:
- Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Portland’s Riverside Golf Course was one of several local sites to be improved by the WPA in 1936 when “the Public Works and Park Departments received $86,875 in WPA funds for engineering, supervision, a portion of the wages of skilled labor, equipment hire, and some materials.” (Conforti)
The golf course was originally built in 1932, but only expanded to an 18-hole course with this WPA funding. In the winter, the course is used for skiing, sledding, an ice rink and other seasonal activities.
Source notes
Creating Portland: History and Place in Northern New England by Joseph A. Conforti
Wikipedia - Riverside Municipal Golf Course
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on June 23, 2016.
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