- City:
- San Juan, PUERTO-RICO
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Military and Public Safety, Archaeology and History, Museums, Archaeology, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
WPA crews conducted extensive renovation and restoration work at this 18th century Spanish fort, including repair of the fortress walls, and cleaning, repairing, and lighting tunnels under the fortress, in order to facilitate tourism.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 15, Folder 290-B.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 28, 2015.
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