Penns Grove Middle School – Penns Grove NJ

City:
Penns Grove, NJ

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1934

Completed:
1936

Description

The middle school was built as Penns Grove High School in 1934-6 as a PWA (Public Works Administration) project and has undergone numerous repairs in recent years. Because of its unique architecture, the school was listed by Preservation New Jersey as one of the 10 most endangered historic places in New Jersey in 2011.

The PWA supplied a $230,000 loan and $83,061 grant for the project, whose total cost was $312,159.

The building served as the high school until the current high school on Harding Highway was built.

PWA Docket No. NJ 3188

Source notes

https://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2013/06/fire_alarm_system_down_at_penn.html

Source: National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 17.

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on April 15, 2014.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.

Location Info


351 E Maple Ave
Penns Grove, NJ 08069

Coordinates: 39.719415, -75.47115

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