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Date added: July 12, 2013; Modified: September 10, 2014
The post office contains a set of plaster reliefs by Armin A. Scheler created with Section of Fine Arts funding in 1939. The reliefs are titled “Philip Freneau Freeing the Slaves,” “Rural Mill,” “Old Hospital,” “Old Glenwood Institute,” and “First… read more
Date added: December 17, 2011; Modified: September 9, 2014
“Teaneck is a rapidly growing residential community in the metropolitan area of New York City. The former library building became inadequate. Alterations were made to the present building and two end wings were added. The old portion is shown in… read more
Date added: April 22, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
“BUTLER – Work is expected to start soon on the erecting of a dam for the proposed Kakeout reservoir. Engineering details have been completed under the direction of Cornelius C. Vermeule, engineer of the Butler Borough Water works. Three hundred… read more
Date added: April 15, 2014; Modified: July 20, 2014
A small dam in Hurd Park, Dover, New Jersey, was built by the Civil Works Administration.
Date added: April 27, 2014; Modified: July 20, 2014
A Section of Fine Arts plaster lunette, titled “Sorting the Mail,” hangs in the lobby of the Caldwell post office. It was made by Brenda Putnam in 1937.
Date added: July 9, 2014
The since-demolished Douglass and Harrison Apartments was a housing project in Newark, New Jersey. According to the Federal Writers’ Project, “Construction costs (approximately $1,800,000) were reduced through the help of the city and the Civil Works Administration in grading the… read more
Date added: July 9, 2014
The Federal Writers’ Project detailed a small CCC undertaking: [In Hainesport, New Jersey] State 38 crosses the South Branch of Rancocas Creek, water highway for nearly 200 years, now a favorite resort of canoeists. Tiny fir trees have been planted… read more
Date added: June 21, 2014
Originally known as the “Lookout Inn.” A sign at the current State Line Cafe describes the building’s New Deal history: “‘Lookout Inn’ was built from Palisade stone and chestnut wood in 1937-38 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Park… read more
Date added: May 16, 2014
“According to the American Guide Series, …on Green Bank Rd., a macadamized highway, to Franklin D. Roosevelt Park, 3 m. (athletic fields, playgrounds, bathing beach). Much of the work on the 5.00-acre municipally owned park has been done by the… read more
Date added: May 5, 2014; Modified: May 5, 2014
“Morristown’s Other Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) …In Jockey Hollow the [CCC] men built many of the trails, performed extensive archeology around the Soldiers Huts, Wick Farm and Guerin House. They also constructed the tour road, Wick House garden… read more
Date added: May 5, 2014
“Further important work on State Highway 10 through Morris County was ordered by the State Highway Commission yesterday after it had received $6,346,000 Federal funds under the National Recovery Act. The Commission approved a number of large jobs, all of… read more
Date added: August 20, 2012; Modified: May 1, 2014
This post office contains two Treasury funded murals by Albert Kotin painted in 1938: “The City” and “The Marsh.”
Date added: April 27, 2014; Modified: April 27, 2014
A Section of Fine Arts sculpture, “Transportation of the Mail,” was made by Robert Laurent in 1937. The sculpture hangs in the lobby of Garfield’s main post office.
Date added: April 22, 2014
“An additional 75 men will be put to work in Morristown tomorrow, making about 375 who have been given employment under the CWA and other relief projects, it was announced this morning by Town Clerk Nelson S. Butera, Deputy Director… read more
Date added: April 22, 2014
“Completion of the third of a series of WPA projects in Morris Plains was announced today by District Director J. Francis Moroney. The third project consisted of the construction of 220 feet of 24-inch storm sewer on Canfield place and… read more