In the winter of 1935, the Works Progress Administration started doing work throughout Wrentham, Massachusetts. In 1936, the WPA helped to develop the land for the town’s new elementary school, which the town was in dire need of. The WPA… read more
According to one comment on an article regarding New Deal work in this part of Massachusetts, “In Wrentham the tennis courts in Wm. H. Sweat[t] Park, in the center were built with WPA funds and labor after filling in a… read more
The Massachusetts Department of Forestry acquired “one thousand acres of land in Wrentham and Plainville” in 1934. CCC labor was utilized to “clean up the underbrush, make the woodroads into real roads, rebuild old dams which have been down for… read more
Multiple New Deal agencies carried out improvement, development, and/or construction work at what was then Wrentham State School (now Wrentham Developmental Center). Annual Report: “Much valuable work has been done at the institution during the year through the use of… read more