- City:
- Wading River, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
Suffolk County News reported that between 1935 and 1936, the WPA “improved recreational facilities in [the] following State Parks [in Suffolk County]: Sunken Meadow, Heckscher, Wildwood, Orient Point and Hither Hills…”
Source notes
"$1,220,669 Federal WPA Funds Have Been Spent Here"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Sept. 4, 1936, page 12.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 18, 2014.
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