- City:
- St. Paul, MN
- Site Type:
- Picnic and Other Facilities, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Marked:
- No
Description
The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace is a unique New Deal project located in Como Park in St. Paul.
Saint Paul Almanac: “Labor for the fireplace was provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal relief program that provided jobs for unemployed workers during the Great Depression. An old newspaper article said that the stone used to build the fireplace came from the Saint Paul City Hall, which had been demolished three years earlier in 1933.”
Source notes
http://saintpaulalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/kilmer_fireplace_booklet.pdf (accessed Jul. 2023)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/joyce-kilmer-memorial-fireplace (accessed Jul. 2023)
Site originally submitted by Seth Hardmeyer on July 1, 2023.
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