- City:
- Twin Falls, ID
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Amphitheaters and Bandshells
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The City Park Band Shell in Twin Falls, Idaho was constructed as a Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) project in 1934-1935, part of a larger program of civic improvements around the city of Twin Falls.
The band shell is still in use. Unfortunately, there is no acknowledgement of the role of the New Deal and local relief workers on or around the bandshell. There might be a plaque hidden under the ivy on the back of the structure, but the information sign in front makes it sounds as if the bandshell were built along with the park in the 1904. However, the main City Park sign does recognize that the bandshell was built in 1934.
Source notes
https://www.newspapers.com/image/566133817/?terms=%22new%20band%20shell%22&match=1
https://www.tfid.org/facilities.aspx?RID=10&Page=detail
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 28, 2018.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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