- City:
- Passaic, NJ
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The historic 113th Infantry Armory building in Passaic, New Jersey was the recipient of WPA improvement efforts. As per project description: “Improve 113th Infantry Armory Building, located at River Drive and Main Avenue.”
“The Armory Building served Passaic, and its now defunct, National Guard Unit, from the mid-twenties until the mid sixties, went it was demolished to make way for Route 21.”
WPA Official Project Number: 65‐22‐6192
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-113).
https://www.cityofpassaic.com/index.asp?SEC=19CD8EB5-58C7-4E18-A451-D806CEF23DBC&Type=B_LIST
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 23, 2018.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation