Wilson Park Entrance
Extremely high quality of material and workmanship are evident in WPA entrance to Wilson Park, in Bedford, Indiana. Bedford is a renowned source of limestone, the Empire State building, for example, and local craftsmen brought a remarkable level of craftsmanship to their WPA jobs.
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Wilson Park Entrance in Bedford IN in 1936.
According to Ron Bell writing for Times-Mail, the WPA added “new entrances at Otis, Thornton and Wilson parks […]”
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Although it does not credit WPA, other sources identify this as a New Deal project. Note the fine detail of the lettering and border that demonstrate the skill of the workers. Notice also that, sadly, no one returned to finish the inscription after Mayor Murray’s term ended.
Inscription on back side of central gate post
Although it does not credit WPA, other sources identify this as a New Deal project. Note the fine detail of the lettering and border that demonstrate the skill of the workers. Notice also that, sadly, no one returned to finish the inscription after Mayor Murray's term ended.
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Photograph of screen image of microfilm WPA record card, taken at the library of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
WPA record card for Wilson Park entrance project.
Photograph of screen image of microfilm WPA record card, taken at the library of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
Source notes
"2400 WPA Workers Hold Bedford Jobs", Indianapolis Star (newspaper). June 20, 1936, in files of the Lawrence County Historical Society library, Bedford, Indiana
Ron Bell, "Still Standing", Times-Mail (newspaper), Bedford, Indiana, originally published June 10, 2013, https://www.tmnews.com/story/news/local/2013/06/10/still-standing/117454864/, accessed 1/21/2022
Project originally submitted by Doug Logan on September 20, 2022.
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