- City:
- Montclair, NJ
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Colleges and Universities, Amphitheaters and Bandshells
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration constructed an amphitheater for what was then known as Montclair State Teachers College. The 2,000-seat theater was constructed into a hillside, its 22 tiers of seats measuring between 92 and 190 feet long. The stage, at construction, measured 70 feet by 40 feet and contained a tree in the middle. An orchestra pit in front of the stage measured 70′-by-30′.
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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