Taylor Park – Keedysville MD

City:
Keedysville, MD

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

A plaque at the entrance to Taylor Park reads: “Taylor Park, Developed by the Burgess and Commissioners of Keedysville, In Cooperation with the Work Projects Administration, 1940.”

According to records held at the National Archives, the WPA’s work included “excavating; grading; surfacing; constructing base, walks, drives, paths, play and parking areas, refreshment stand, shelters, tennis and horseshoe courts, and sidewalks; erecting flagpole; installing playground equipment, park lighting system, and sanitary facilities; landscaping; planting trees and shrubs.”

Source notes

(1) Information plaque at park. (2) National Archives, Record Group 69, “Microfilmed Index to WPA Projects.”

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on March 25, 2013.

Location Info


North Main St.
Keedysville, MD 21756

Location notes: Google maps tags the park as being nearby at the ball park; however, the actual entrance to the park is on Main St. at the coordinates marked here.

Coordinates: 39.490356, -77.69411

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