- City:
- Oberlin, KS
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built the Sappa Park dam and shelter house – Oberlin KS in 1935.
WPA crews built the park’s dam and shelter house. The park was developed by the National Park Service, with the Works Progress Administration.
Source notes
Oberlin KS, Wikipedia, accessed January 2022.
Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on January 10, 2022.
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Joel
Here are the correct coordinates. The park is located about 3 miles ENE of Oberlin. I lived on the park growing up. Thank you for cataloguing all of this!
39.8415706, -100.4883328