- City:
- Reno, NV
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Tennis Courts
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Four blocks west of the University of Nevada, Reno is Whitaker Park, one of the few parks that had work done to it during the New Deal that still has its tennis courts. The New Deal brick restrooms are gone, but the trees that were planed are still standing.
Source notes
"Men at Work" federal-City of Reno Relief Program, by John A Cooper Mayor of Reno 1935-1939Site originally submitted by David Kerr on April 18, 2016.
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