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Veterans Field – West Springfield MA

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Athletic Courts and Fields, Civic Facilities, Monuments and Memorials, Park Roads and Bridges
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

W.P.A. Bulletin, 1937: “[T]he Memorial Athletic Field in the rear of King’s Highway School is rapidly nearing completion. Last April the field was rather ugly, idle land. Now there is a quarter-mile cinder track, circling a seeded oval, portable bleachers, a memorial plot of war veterans with flagpole, a driveway from the highway to the field, a football field, a drainage system and a fence enclosing the athletic field.”

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 15, 1937 (pg. 3)
https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 6, 2017.

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Location Info

Veterans Field
West Springfield, MA

Coordinates: 42.110912, -72.630454

One comment on “Veterans Field – West Springfield MA”

  1. Gerald M. Shean III December 31, 2021

    I believe this site was originally a farm owned by my great grandfather Michael J. Shean, who owned 9 acres on Kings Hwy from about 1860 to 1902, at least. My grandfather Gerald M. Shean was raised here. Its nice to see it is still open space. Submitted by Gerald M. Shean III

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