• Library - Metuchen NJ
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the Metuchen Borough Library in 1935-6. The library is still in use today. Quote "The Dawn," a monthly WPA newsletter, June 1936: Laying of the cornerstone for the new Public Library in Metuchen was marked with appropriate ceremonies on May 3. The Library, which was begun on December 19, 1935, is a WPA project sponsored by the Borough Council and is being built by funds provided jointly by the Works Progress Administration, the Metuchen Library Association and the estate of the late Professor Theododore Hunt of Princeton. The Federal contribution total $68,444.00. The sponsors...
  • Post Office - Metuchen NJ
    The Metuchen Post Office was completed in 1940 with Treasury Department funds.
  • Post Office Relief - Metuchen NJ
    The post office contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts plaster relief entitled "Gardeners," created by artist Harold Ambellan.