- City:
- Montclair, NJ
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration conducted several construction projects ca. 1936 at what was then known as Montclair State Teachers College. The largest project was the 2,000-seat amphitheater, still in use today. Other work at the college included construction of an athletic field (the original Sprague Field) “to care care of track, football and baseball;” and a parking lot with a capacity of 125 cars. The exact location and status of the latter project is unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; September 1936 issue, page 9. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. "Three Projects At Teachers' College"; Evening News, Newark, NJ, July 28, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 11, 2015.
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