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Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office – Guest

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Pompton Lakes
Pompton Lakes

ADDRESS: 47 Lakeside Ave., Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442
ARTIST: A. Stirling Calder
TITLE: Benjamin Franklin
MEDIUM: Stone (relief)
STATUS: The Pompton Lakes post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937

Pompton Lakes post office opened in 1937.  There’s a dedication in its lobby of
Benjamin Franklin who was the first Postmaster General
 
Thanks Doug,
Pompton Lakes PO History
Pompton Lakes PO History
Pompton Lakes Lobby
Pompton Lakes Lobby
Pompton Lakes (Ben Franklin Tribute)
Pompton Lakes (Ben Franklin Tribute)

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  • Personal visit by Doug
  • United States Postal Service

New Jersey Post Office Mural Artists

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Freehold New Jersey Former Post Office 07728
Freehold New Jersey Former Post Office 07728

A total of forty-five artist created murals in forty-seven New Jersey Post Office buildings during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Four of the artist received multiple commissions as noted below. The artist and their awarded sites as listed below.

We have found having a list such as this is convenient when performing research at the National Archives Records and Administration. Any researcher will reveal, that finding information is part of the fun, somethings what you are looking for is catalogued by the artist name. Other times the research materials you need may be cataloged by the city or town, and so on.

Having a list to refer to is helpful on your journey of discovering these wonderful treasures in our nations post offices.

New Jersey Post Office Mural Artists

  1. Atlantic City – Peppino Mangravite
  2. Boonton – Enid Bell*
  3. Bordentown – Avery Johnson*
  4. Caldwell – Brenda Putnam
  5. Former Cliffside Park – Bruno Neri
  6. Former Clifton – John Sitton
  7. Cranford – Gerald Foster*
  8. Fort Lee – Henry Schnakenberg
  9. Former Freehold – Gerald Foster*
  10. Garfield – Robert Laurent
  11. Glen Ridge – James Chapin
  12. Gloucester City – Vincent D’ Agostino
  13. Haddon Heights –  Isamu Noguchi
  14. Hammonton – Spero Anageros
  15. Harrison – Murray J. Roper
  16. Kearny – Albert Kotin
  17. Linden – Sahl Swarz
  18. Former Little Falls – James Brooks
  19. Matawan – Armin A. Scheler
  20. Metuchen – Harld Ambellan
  21. Millburn – Gerald Foster*
  22. Mount Holly – Enid Bell*
  23. New Brunswick – George Biddle
  24. New Brunswick – Ruth Nickerson
  25. Newark – Romuald Kraus*
  26. Newark – Vicken Von Post Totten
  27. North Bergen – Avery Johnson*
  28. Nutley – Paul C. Chapman
  29. Patterson – Ilse Erythropel
  30. Paulsboro – Nena de Brennecke
  31. Penns Grove – Benjamin Hawkins
  32. Pitman – Nathaniel Choate
  33. Plainfield – Anton Refregier
  34. Pompton Lakes – A. Stirling Calder
  35. Princeton – Karl Free
  36. Ridgefield Park – Thomas Donnelly
  37. Ridgewood – Romuald Kraus*
  38. Riverside – John Poehler
  39. Short Hills – Ernest Lawson
  40. South Orange – Bernard Perlin
  41. South River – Maurice Glickman
  42. Summit – Fiske Boyd
  43. Former Toms River – Milton Hebald
  44. Trenton – Charles W. Ward
  45. Washington – Frank D. Shapiro
  46. West New York – William Dean Fausett
  47. Westfield – Roy Hilton
  48. Westwood – Hunt Diederich
  49. Wildwood – Dennis Burlingame
New Deal Artists Biographies NARA
New Deal Artists Biographies NARA
New Deal Artists Biographies NARA

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Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office

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Pompton Lakes NJ Post Office 07442
Pompton Lakes NJ Post Office 07442

ADDRESS: 47 Lakeside Ave., Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442
ARTIST: A. Stirling Calder
TITLE: Benjamin Franklin
MEDIUM: Stone (relief)
STATUS: The Pompton Lakes post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937

I’m enjoying the various mediums in New Jersey. Take this stone relief for example, most of the art is murals, but every now and then you get a cool relief or carving.

I feel like I’m staring at a $100 bill when I observe this relief. I also love the historical marker placed in front of the building.

The vegetation near the cornerstone did pose a slight challenge. One of the clerks, observed me pushing back the plants to photograph it. In hindsight, I should have asked him for assistance so I could get a better picture.

David W. Gates Jr.

Pompton Lakes NJ Post Office 07442
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Plaque
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Lobby
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Cornerstone
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief Detail
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Lobby
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442
Pompton Lakes New Jersey Post Office 07442 Relief
Pompton Lakes
Pompton Lakes (Ben Franklin Tribute)

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