Category:Roosevelt Public School (Roosevelt, New Jersey)

Roosevelt Public School, originally named Roosevelt Elementary School

• The Living New Deal
• Preservation New Jersey
• Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form for the Jersey Homesteads Historic District:
  The Workers Aim Cooperative Association Factory (#1341-1) and the Roosevelt Elementary School (#1341-132) are the key landmark buildings in Roosevelt. ... On the other hand, the Roosevelt Elementary School (#1341-132) is located at the center of the community, in the horseshoe formed by Pine and Tamara Drives. The school, which opened in 1937, is a one story concrete block building composed of two long rectangles, with the factory-like form, horizontal emphasis, and white stucco exterior characteristic of the International Style. Besides classrooms, the building contains an auditorium/gymnasium and a library. In the library is a celebrated mural by Ben Shahn, also completed in 1937 ... . The school's 15.58 acre site with plantings and expansive lawn is a de facto town green, serving an aesthetic function as well as a ceremonial purpose (FOR Memorial and Amphitheater, #1341-133) and recreational use (playground and ball fields).