- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Park Roads and Bridges
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
West Potomac Park lies just below the National Mall and encircles the Tidal Basin. It is the site of many national landmarks, including the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, George Mason Memorial, and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial. It is administered by the National Park Service.
Source notes
Civilian Conservation Corps Activities in the National Capital Region of the National Park Service, National Capital Parks-Central, Washington, DC, HABS DC-858, accessed February 2013.
District of Columbia Works Progress Administration, “Improving Parks of Capital,” Work: A Journal of Progress, Vol. 1, No. 1, Sept. 1936, p. 10
District of Columbia Works Progress Administration, “National Capital Parks,” Work: A Journal of Progress, Vol. 1, No. 3, Nov. 1936, p. 22
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 25, 2013.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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