- City:
- Boston, MA
- Site Type:
- Archaeology and History, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The W.P.A. conducted restoration and preservation work at the Bunker Hill Monument. “Such colossal monuments such as the stone shaft at Bunker Hill, Grant’s Tomb, and the Statue of Liberty have been repaired, have had their grounds beautified, or have been otherwise improved.”
Source notes
Inventory: An Appraisal of Results of the Works Progress Administration (1938), pg. 36 https://archive.org/stream/Inventory19380630/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 15, 2017.
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