- City:
- Ridgefield, CT
- Site Type:
- Police Stations, Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
A 1937 Hartford Courant article reported that the WPA contributed “to the improvement and enlargement of the [state police] barracks at Westport and Ridgefield.”
One source suggests that the former barracks was on East Ridge Road, and now houses the local police department.
Source notes
"State Police Cornerstone Rites Held," Hartford Courant, Apr. 23, 1937 (pg. 5): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/235188232/ (accessed Dec. 27, 2017)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 27, 2017.
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