Wampum Park - Eatontown NJ
Project type: Parks and Recreation
Started: 1938
Completed: 1940
Designers: Borough Engineer, J. Wesley Seaman
Quality of Information: Very Good
Marked:
No
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
This park and recreational lake was created largely by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and dedicated in 1940. The borough of Eatontown funded $3,500 of the cost of the project and the WPA $35,000.
The park is still in use.
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Wampum Park - Eatontown NJ
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Wampum Park - Eatontown NJ
Source notes
"The Red Bank Register" May 2nd 1940.
Accessed through the Red Bank Public Library Archives.
Project originally submitted by Bob Hespe on January 15, 2023.
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