• Industrial School for Colored Youth (former) Improvements - Bordentown NJ
    What was then known as the New Jersey Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth was improved by the National Youth Administration (NYA) ca. 1936. The site is presently used as a juvenile penal institution. "In Burlington County 48 colored boys are working at the Bordentown Industrial School for Colored Youth, constructing four tennis courts and keeping the grounds in condition."
  • Playground - Bordentown NJ
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a playground / recreational center in Bordentown, New Jersey ca. 1936. The exact location or status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Post Office - Bordentown NJ
    The historic post office building in Bordentown, New Jersey was built in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds.
  • Post Office Mural - Bordentown NJ
    The mural "Skating on Bonaparte's Pond," by Avery Johnson, was painted in 1940 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds.
  • Sewage Disposal Plant Modernization - Bordentown NJ
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to modernize Bordentown, New Jersey's sewage disposal plant in 1936. The plant had "been in need of drastic changes for years the city ha not been financially able to stand the cost." The plant discharges into Black Creek, which forms the southern boundary of Bordentown Township.