Shade Swamp Bird and Animal Sanctuary Improvements (former) – Farmington CT

City:
Farmington, CT

Site Type:
Zoos, Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration built cages for, and landscaped the grounds of, the Bird and Animal Sanctuary in Shade Swamp CT, circa 1937.

The Civilian Conservation Corps built a log and shingle shelter in 1934. The structure is is still on site and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Shade Swamp Bird and Animal Sanctuary is still extant, but the site is abandoned.

Source notes

National Archives, Record Group 69-N.

Farmington CT: (https://www.farmington-ct.org/home/showdocument?id=3577), accessed September 2019.

Atlas Obscura: (https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/shade-swamp-sanctuary), accessed September 2019.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on September 8, 2019.

Location Info


Shade Swamp Bird and Animal Sanctuary
Farmington, CT

Location notes: Off U.S. Route 6.

Coordinates: 41.711, -72.853

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