- City:
- Reno, NV
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
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.
Source notes
https://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/wpa/resources/wpa_highlights.pdf https://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.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 7, 2015.
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