- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Started:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
In 1942, the Washington Post reported the approval of $11,600 in funding for the Federal Works Agency (FWA) to make improvements and/or additions to Stoddert Playground – today’s Stoddert Recreation Center.
It is not certain what work was done, but the baseball field at the present Recreation Center has all the marks of a New Deal ball field and the Recreation Center building is possibly from the 1940s.
Source notes
“Lanham Act projects are approved,” Washington Post, October 15, 1942, p. B1
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on March 17, 2015.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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