West Orange Sites

Originally the 102d Cavalry Armory, this facility was constructed with the aid of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. "This city is a residential suburb near New York. It has a population of approximately 25,000. The building contains a large riding ring, stable quarters, rifle range, machine shop, repair shop, caretaker's quarters, company rooms, officers' lounge, grill room, and administrative section. It is fireproof throughout with structural steel frame and concrete floor construction. There are 74,256 square feet on the ground floor. The volume is 2,598,690 cubic feet. It was completed in November 1938 at a construction cost of $458,469 and a project cost...

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted flood control work along the Rahway River in West Orange, New Jersey, "from Joyce St. to the South Orange line." The project was undertaken to "save property owners incalculable sums for many years to come."

"The new municipal building replaces an old and obsolete structure which was inadequate in size and had no proper facilities for the storage of records. Some of the municipal offices were in temporary buildings, some in rented quarters and there were no garage facilities with the result that the city-owned automobiles had to be stored in public garages. The new building houses all of the city departments. The basement contains a garage, storage space, and a block of six cells. On the first floor are the police headquarters, courtroom, and offices for the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and others. The second...