Pioneers Park - Lincoln, Nebraska - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"Pioneers Park, located just outside Lincoln, is significant for its association with local and federal unemployment relief programs of the 1930s such as the Works Progress Administration, the National Youth Administration, and the Civil Works Administration. These programs were established during the Great Depression to provide employment in public works of lasting value. Additionally, the park benefited from local unemployment relief programs, implemented in the late 1920s. The park is also an excellent example of a large scale park with distinctive designed features such as allees, vistas, winding roads, path systems, and sculptural focal points. Work on the park began in 1928 with the final historically significant components of the original plan being implemented in 1939." ~ Nebraska State Historical Society website

The park is open to visitors from sunrise to sunset. The park has a nature center with bison and elk herds.

Street address: Jct of W. Van Dorn and Coddington Sts. Lincoln, Nebraska County / Borough / Parish: Lancaster Year listed: 1993 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture Current function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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