Rock Creek Park: Carter Barron Fields – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

In 1937, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) demolished an abandoned reservoir at 16th St. and Morrow Drive, filled in the hole, leveled the adjacent area, and sodded and seeded the entire area. 

The open space was intended to be used for recreational purposes in Rock Creek Park and today appears to be the site of the Carter Barron soccer fields, next to the Brightwood Recreation Center (also built by the WPA).

Source notes

National Archives, Record Group 69, “Microfilmed Index to WPA Projects.”

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on June 10, 2013.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.

Location Info


16th St. and Morrow Dr.
Washington, D.C. 20011

Coordinates: 38.9555, -77.0375

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