Country Club - Reno NV
Project type: Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation
Started: 1935
Completed: 1936
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) each worked to develop the Washoe Country Club in Reno, Nevada. The historic golf course is still in use today. Work began in May 1935 (by the FERA) and the course was completed in October 1936 (by the WPA). The course was built on the site of the original Reno airfield.
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Country Club - Reno NV
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Country Club - Reno NV
Source notes
http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/wpa/resources/wpa_highlights.pdf http://www.washoegolf.org/golf/emailer2020/img/washoegolf/Washoe_history_transcript.pdf 1) National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 20, Folder 350-A. John Berry, “Roosevelt's WPA a boon for sport of golf,” Record-Bee, June 19, 2009, accessed August 8, 2014.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 7, 2015.
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