- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps built park amenities and landscaped portions of the Leiter Estate in 1936-1937. A National Parks Service/Historic American Buildings Survey report describes the nature of the work performed by the CCC: “Upon acquiring the Leiter estate, the NPS planned to turn the acreage ‘into a public recreation area…form[ing] a section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.’ Enrollees from Camp NP-6-VA (Fort Hunt) engaged in ‘selective cutting to open up desirable vistas of the river.’ In addition to creating view sheds, they further enhanced visitor amenities with the construction of 2.5 miles of foot trails and fifteen table-and-bench combinations, five of which were completed in February 1937. This work probably occurred in what is now Turkey Run Park.”
Source notes
Civilian Conservation Corps Activities in The National Capital Region of the National Park Service Habs No. Dc-858, (https://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc1000/dc1020/data/dc1020data.pdf), p. 83-84, accessed January 16, 2018.
National Archives Record Group 79.6.7
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on January 16, 2018.
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