Finns Point National Cemetery Improvements – Pennsville NJ

City:
Pennsville, NJ

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Federal Facilities, Cemeteries, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Electricity

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The WPA worked to improve the conditions at Finns Point National Cemetery near the former Fort Mott, southwest of Pennsville, New Jersey.

Project description:
“A non‐construction project to improve and rehabilitate buildings, install plumbing, heating, and electrical facilities, realign headstones, landscape, grade, and drain grounds including improvements to roads and walks at the Finns Point National Cemetery”
Official Project Number: 713‐2‐202
Total project cost: $150,000.00
Sponsor: War Department

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-120).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 21, 2018.

Location Info


454 Fort Mott Rd.
Pennsville, NJ 08070

Coordinates: 39.611184, -75.555858

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