Post Office Mural – Glen Ridge NJ
Date added: July 28, 2013; Modified: January 4, 2015
The mural “Glen Ridge” by James Chapin was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and completed in 1938.
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Pyne Point Park – Camden NJ
Date added: January 4, 2015; Modified: January 4, 2015
150 federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers worked to transform Pyne Point Park in northern Camden, New Jersey during the Great Depression. In addition to constructing baseball diamonds, as of April 1936 WPA workers were “building a roadway, terracing, planting… read more
Road Improvements – Buena Vista Township NJ
Date added: January 4, 2015
Poultry farmers in the villages of Richland and Milmay, of Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, pleaded to the township to improve the conditions of roads as “large flocks of chickens on these farms are faced with starvation because of the… read more
Davis Elementary School Murals – Camden NJ
Date added: January 3, 2015; Modified: January 3, 2015
Two large murals for the Davis School in East Camden, New Jersey were painted by WPA Art Project artists Esther Heppler Inglesby and Russell J. England. The murals portrayed a half-century of progress in the City of Camden. Their names,… read more
Franklin Street Storm Sewer – Hackettstown NJ
Date added: January 2, 2015; Modified: January 2, 2015
“Hackettstown is receiving full value of Federal work relief money and is accomplishing a much needed improvement. … WPA workers… are busy digging the ditches for the storm sewer down Franklin Street which will carry flood waters off High, Sharp,… read more
Road Grading – Oxford NJ
Date added: January 2, 2015; Modified: January 2, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration issued its one-millionth check in New Jersey in March 1937. The check was given to Roy Boyd of Oxford “on a road grading project in his home town.”
Elizabeth River Flume – Irvington NJ
Date added: January 2, 2015
WPA workers constructed a concrete flume for the Elizabeth River in Irvington, New Jersey.
Essex Mountain Sanatorium Mural – Verona NJ
Date added: December 7, 2013; Modified: January 2, 2015
The New York Times wrote the following in 2003 in a retrospective article of New Jersey-based artist Michael Lenson: “[Mr. Lenson] moved to Newark and applied at the W.P.A. office on Halsey Street … Soon, Mr. Lenson was designing and… read more
A. Harry Moore School Addition – Jersey City NJ
Date added: March 8, 2014; Modified: January 2, 2015
The Jersey City Independent reported in 2009 that the A. Harry Moore School was “one of the first public schools in the country built for students with disabilities.” While the school was constructed between 1930 and 1931, the New Deal… read more
Roosevelt Public School – Roosevelt NJ
Date added: October 7, 2012; Modified: December 8, 2014
The school was constructed as part of the original Resettlement Administration settlement. Parts of the original school have since been added, but portions of the building are still original. The building houses the town’s beloved Ben Shahn mural, as well… read more
Post Office Relief – Boonton NJ
Date added: August 20, 2012; Modified: October 16, 2014
Wooden relief entitled “Morning Mail” created by artist Enid Bell in 1939. Originally in a historic post office building, the relief now hangs in Boonton’s 1970s post office.
Post Office Relief – Cliffside Park NJ
Date added: January 14, 2014; Modified: September 27, 2014
The former Cliffside Park, New Jersey post office contained a 1938 Section of Fine Arts relief entitled “Rural Delivery” by Bruno Neri, then of Perth Amboy. The present status and location of the relief is unknown to Living New Deal…. read more
Post Office Relief – Mount Holly NJ
Date added: September 10, 2014; Modified: September 10, 2014
The historic post office in Mount Holly, New Jersey possesses a 1937 Treasury Section of Fine Arts wood sculpture carved by Enid Bell, entitled “The Post – 1790,” in 1937.
Post Office Mural – Riverside NJ
Date added: September 10, 2014; Modified: September 10, 2014
The historic post office building in Riverside, New Jersey contains a federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural. Entitled “The Town of Progress – 1855,” the oil-on-canvas mural by John Poehler was completed in 1940.
Post Office – Mount Holly NJ
Date added: September 10, 2014
The historic post office in Mount Holly, New Jersey was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935-7. The building is still in use today.