Start Year: 1936

The Works Progress Administration  (WPA) built grandstands for the Warren Ballpark in Bisbee. The stadium was built by the C&A Mining Co. in 1909. By the 1930s, the Phelps Dodge Corporation had purchased the C&A Mining Co. and had inherited the Warren Ballpark complete with old wooden grandstands that needed to be replaced. In 1936, the Bisbee Unified School District purchased the ballpark from the mining company for $10. It turned the ballpark into public property eligible for WPA improvements. The superintendent of the Bisbee Unified School District was R.E. Souers. In addition to being the superintendent, he was also the president of the...

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $99,470 grant for construction of the Town Hall for Harrison, New Jersey. The building bears a 1936 cornerstone. Completed in 1937, the total cost of the project was $313,245. PWA Docket No. NJ 1168

The Harrison N.J. Public Library was constructed in 1936-8 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $42,476 grant for the project. "The overall dimensions of the building are 94 by 60 feet. In the basement there are a community room, staff room, workroom, boiler room, and toilets. On the first floor are a reading room, a stack room, and librarian's office. There is an exhibit room on the mezzanine floor. It is fireproof with concrete floors, steel trusses, and brick bearing walls. The roofing is slate. It was completed in February 1938 at a construction cost of $79,041...

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $81,000 grant for construction of a new school building in Wantage, New Jersey. Completed in 1937, the total cost of the project, which still operates as the Wantage Elementary School, was $181,206. PWA Docket No. NJ 1158

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $23,392 grant for construction of a new school building in Bloomsbury, New Jersey. Constructed in 1936, the total cost of the project, which still operates as the Bloomsbury Public School, was $52,312. PWA Docket No. NJ 1156

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $27,000 grant for construction of a school in Washington, New Jersey, in 1936. Total cost of the project was $59,153. Living New Deal believes this to be what is now known as Warren Hills Regional Middle School. PWA Docket No. NJ 1107

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $37,636 grant for construction of a school in Leesburg, New Jersey. Total cost of the project was $86,205. The location and status of this facility, which was completed in 1937, is presently unknown to Living New Deal. PWA Docket No. NJ 1060

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $52,000 grant for construction of a school in Allentown, New Jersey. Total cost of the project was $149,681. Completed in 1936, Living New Deal believes this is Newell Elementary School. PWA Docket No. NJ 1020

The Bureau of Public Roads provided funds to construct an overpass carrying Springfield Avenue over the railroad just outside Berkeley Heights, N.J. The project was undertaken as part of a larger grade crossing elimination initiative during that era. Living New Deal believes this structure is no longer extant. New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners: "A "Works Program-State Highway Department" project on which the Board initiated proceedings and on October 2nd, 1935, issued an order to eliminate the grade crossing Construction started April 27, 1936, and the project was opened to traffic in January, 1937. Funds from the Bureau of Public Roads were allotted to meet the entire...

The Bureau of Public Roads provided funds to construct a grade separation for Newton-Sparta Road and the railroad in Andover Township, N.J. The project was undertaken as part of a larger grade crossing elimination initiative during that era. New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners: "A "Works Program-State Highway Department" project on which the Board initiated proceedings and on October 2nd, 1935, issued an order to eliminate the crossing. Contract for construction was let by the State Highway Department in August, 1936, and construction was completed in September, 1937. Funds from the Bureau of Public Roads were allotted to meet the...