• Cranford High School - Cranford NJ
    In the mid 1930s the new Cranford High School building was constructed with assistance from the Federal Public Works Administration (PWA). In their photographic history of Cranford, New Jersey, Robert Fridlington and Lawrence Fuhro tell us that the high school building was dedicated on January 3, 1938. At the time, it was a six year school serving seventh through twelfth graders. In the words of Fridlington and Fuhro, "he forty-nine-classroom building cost $850,000, nearly half the amount coming from the New Deal's Public Works Administration." (1996: 98)
  • Lenape Park Lake - Cranford NJ
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an artificial lake in Lenape Park, in Cranford / Springfield Township, New Jersey, along the Rahway River Parkway, ca. 1936.
  • Nomahegan Park - Cranford NJ
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed Nomahegan Park in Cranford, New Jersey during the Great Depression.
  • Post Office - Cranford NJ
    The historic Cranford post office was constructed in 1935-1936. The building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office Murals - Cranford NJ
    The post office contains a series of murals depicting “The Battle of Cranford during the American Revolution.” The murals were funded by TRAP and painted by artist Gerald Foster in 1937.