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    Cranford High School – Cranford NJ

    Date added: July 25, 2017; Modified: July 25, 2017

    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… read more

    Post Office – Cranford NJ

    Date added: October 8, 2013; Modified: June 8, 2017

    The historic Cranford post office was constructed in 1935-1936. The building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

    Nomahegan Park – Cranford NJ

    Date added: January 8, 2015

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed Nomahegan Park in Cranford, New Jersey during the Great Depression.

    Lenape Park Lake – Cranford NJ

    Date added: January 7, 2015; Modified: January 8, 2015

    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.

    Post Office Murals – Cranford NJ

    Date added: October 8, 2013; Modified: October 8, 2013

    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.