- City:
- Caldwell, NJ
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Archaeology and History, Museums, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The building was originally constructed in 1832 and many of the rooms portray it as it looked in 1837, the year of Grover Cleveland’s birth. In 1936, laborers for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) restored the building to its original appearance.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 15, Folder 290-A. https://www.presidentcleveland.org/the-associations-history/, accessed October 30, 2014. https://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/grover_cleveland/gc_home.htm, accessed October 30, 2014.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on October 30, 2014.
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