- City:
- Galena, KS
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Although Schermerhorn Park dates to the 1920s, Works Progress Administration workers made significant improvements in the 1930s and 1940s. including terraced walls and a nature center still in use.
Source notes
https://galenaks.gov/directory/schermerhorn-park/
http://www.kansastravel.org/schermerhornpark.htm
Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on November 4, 2023.
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