Post Office – Haddon Heights NJ
Date added: July 19, 2013; Modified: June 5, 2019
The brick, federal style post office in Haddon Heights was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938.
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Hide Search OptionsDate added: July 19, 2013; Modified: June 5, 2019
The brick, federal style post office in Haddon Heights was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938.
Date added: July 19, 2013; Modified: June 5, 2019
With Treasury Relief Arts Program funding, Isamu Noguchi produced this cast stone relief entitled “The Letter” for display at the Haddon Heights post office in 1939. Noguchi is best known for his bas-relief “News” on the exterior of 40 Rockefeller… read more
Date added: July 24, 2013; Modified: May 12, 2019
Two murals by the Italian born American artists Peppino Mangravite were painted for this post office with funding from the Section of Fine Arts in 1939. “Youth” and “Family Recreations” together show more than 130 figures participating in a range… read more
Date added: January 10, 2015; Modified: May 1, 2019
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a stadium on what was then the high school’s athletic field in Audubon, New Jersey. The exact location or status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: December 21, 2014; Modified: January 11, 2019
Four images “crafted of square tiles square tiles that frame the vestibule beneath the clock tower,” collectively titled “Youth Carrying the Heritage of the Past into the Future,” are located at Trenton Central High School. NJ.com, 2014: “The mosaics were… read more
Date added: December 20, 2014; Modified: November 23, 2018
New Deal agencies greatly improved the Newark Airport, opened in 1928, during the 1930s. The Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied a $31,635 grant toward an airport repair project whose final cost was $129,978 (PWA Docket No. NJ 1146). Construction on… read more
Date added: July 11, 2014; Modified: November 23, 2018
“Between 1935 and 1937, [Arshile] Gorky painted ten large-scale murals on the theme of aviation for the Newark Airport Administration Building. This mural cycle, known as Aviation: Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations, was among the first modernist murals created… read more
Date added: January 11, 2015; Modified: November 23, 2018
Two twelve-by-six-foot murals were painted by Mr. and Mrs. William Herbert Holston for the Newark Terminal (Administration Building) of 1935 under the auspices of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The murals, shown in a contemporary WPA… read more
Date added: July 9, 2014; Modified: November 23, 2018
The original Newark Airport terminal building, then known as Building 1, was built in 1934-35 with New Deal funding. Newark Airport holds a special place in aviation history, with the first paved runway and the first terminal that provided a… read more
Date added: October 15, 2018; Modified: October 15, 2018
The monumental Ramsey High School was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $270,000 grant for the project, whose total cost was $600,106. Construction occurred between Jan. 1936 and Apr. 1937. PWA… read more
Date added: October 15, 2018; Modified: October 15, 2018
The elimination of railroad track grade crossings in Allendale, New Jersey, became a matter of public safety during the 1930s. The Public Works Administration provided funds for two crossings in Allendale, including that at West Orchard St. “The new crossings… read more
Date added: October 15, 2018; Modified: October 15, 2018
The elimination of railroad track grade crossings in Allendale, New Jersey, became a matter of public safety during the 1930s. The Public Works Administration provided funds for two crossings in Allendale, including that at West Crescent Ave. “The new crossings… read more
Date added: October 15, 2018; Modified: October 15, 2018
Saddle River’s Municipal Building / Borough Hall was constructed with the assistance of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $26,181 grant for the project, whose total cost was $59,256. Construction occurred between Jan. and Dec. 1937. PWA… read more
Date added: July 9, 2014; Modified: May 1, 2018
Roosevelt Care Center in Edison, New Jersey was originally known as the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital. The building was constructed with PWA funds. NJ.com states: “Today, that building is on the National Register of Historic Places. For many years, Roosevelt… read more
Date added: April 3, 2018
Ocean City Municipal Airport in New Jersey was constructed as a New Deal project, with the aid of Civil Works Administration (CWA) labor, in 1934. The facility officially opened in 1935, and it is still in service.