- City:
- Amherst, OH
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided labor to construct a cinder athletic track at Amherst, Ohio’s old high school. The track is no longer extant.
The former school building is located at the northwest corner of Franklin Ave. and Church St.
Source notes
"Build Fine Track at Athletic Field." The Amherst News-Times, Oct. 18, 1934 (page 1) https://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15005coll31/id/13993/rec/3Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 24, 2015.
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