Post School Playground – Battle Creek MI

City:
Battle Creek, MI

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1938

Description

In Battle Creek, Michigan the WPA undertook a $10,000 “project for construction of a playground in back of the Post school.”

The status and exact location of the then-Post School and the playground are presently unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"Battle Creek Enquirer," Sunday, January 1, 1939 (pg. 76).
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/197185535/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 13, 2017.

Location Info


Battle Creek, MI

Location notes: Site of present Post-Franklin School

Coordinates: 42.308176, -85.174336

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