- City:
- Teaneck, NJ
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a primary funding source for the construction of the Teaneck Armory.
“Completed in 1936 at a cost of nearly $1 million, the Teaneck Armory — with its 37-foot-high arching roof — has played a valuable role not just in the current war on terrorism, but also during peacetime.
Sitting on 13.66 acres, the brick-and-stone structure was built by Depression-era laborers. They each spent only two days a week on the job because the government stretched the project to keep people employed as long as possible.” (https://www.teaneck.org/)
The WPA was involved in a minor capacity at the site, constructing a pistol and rifle range at the armory. WPA Official Project #265‐1‐22‐37.
Source notes
https://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/Armory/armory2002.html
https://historyisaverb.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-new-deal-in-bergen-county/
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).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 11, 2013.
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