Harrison Sites

The Harrison N.J. Public Library was constructed in 1936-8 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $42,476 grant for the project. "The overall dimensions of the building are 94 by 60 feet. In the basement there are a community room, staff room, workroom, boiler room, and toilets. On the first floor are a reading room, a stack room, and librarian's office. There is an exhibit room on the mezzanine floor. It is fireproof with concrete floors, steel trusses, and brick bearing walls. The roofing is slate. It was completed in February 1938 at a construction cost of $79,041...

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a municipal stadium in Harrison, New Jersey. Work on the facility began June 1, 1936. The exact location or status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.

The historic Harrison post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938-9. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The post office contains a 1940 Section of Fine Arts plaster relief entitled “Industry and the Family.” The relief was created by artist Murray J. Roper.

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $99,470 grant for construction of the Town Hall for Harrison, New Jersey. The building bears a 1936 cornerstone. Completed in 1937, the total cost of the project was $313,245. PWA Docket No. NJ 1168