- City:
- Austin, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Athletic Courts and Fields
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Rosewood Park is a 13.9-acre neighborhood park in East Austin. The land for Rosewood Park was purchased by the City of Austin in 1929 and developed as the first African-American park in Austin. The Civil Works Administration helped make improvements to the park which included stone entry columns, a bandstand, and a sports field flanked by stone retaining walls.
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