Post Office Extension – Plainfield NJ

City:
Plainfield, NJ

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Completed:
1941

Contractor:
Cress Engineering Corp.

Description

The historic Main Post Office building in Plainfield, New Jersey was extended and remodeled with federal Treasury Department funds in a New Deal project completed in 1941. The building, which houses New Deal artwork, is still in use today.

Source notes

National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service: Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966; Box 58.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 29, 2015.

Location Info


201 Watchung Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060

Coordinates: 40.619571, -74.420327

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