- City:
- Kansas City, KS
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Dams
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The outlet tower associated with the Wyandotte County Lake dam is one of numerous Works Progress Administration (WPA) structures constructed in the park.
Dave McDermott writes: “In contract to the other original park buildings, the tower is built of smooth concrete, in an efficient, modernist style, with none of the rustic attributes seen elsewhere in the park.”
Source notes
https://www.kshs.org/preserve/pdfs/wyandottelakepark_survey2009.pdf
Landscapes of Wyandotte County Lake Park, by Dave McDermott, 2022
Site originally submitted by Erin Morrison, Dave McDermott, and Evan Kalish on August 6, 2023.
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