Yuba City Sites

In 1938, the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funds for the construction of a new city hall in Yuba City CA.  The building is single-story, stucco-covered with wood detailing, and a tile roof – a good example of the Mission Revival style popular in California between the wars. The building was sold after a new city hall was built in c. 2008.  The interior has been reworked for professional offices and -- It is still called "Old City Hall" and the inscription "City Hall" remains over the front entrance, but evidently a plaque by the door  has been removed.   

--From photo verso-- Number People Benefited: 2500 Appraisal of Community Value: Improvement of the Farm to Market Roads --This bridge will give to the farmers living in the Sutter Basin District a direct route to the Markets in Yuba CIty and Marysville, with a saving of a 25 mile haul otherwise necessary. Description of Features Shown: Bridge Crossing Sutter by-Pass Flood Control Canal-Timber construction - Concrete Abutments. Road Distrcit No. 4

The main post office in Yuba City was built in 1939-1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department and Federal Work Administration. The style is vaguely Modernist Spanish Revival (red roof but minimalist columns).  An annex has been added (left side, facing) and the facade appears to have been resurfaced, not to good effect. Part of the interior is intact. In the lobby is Lulu Braghetta's wood sculpture, "The Wealth of Sutter County," completed in 1942 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

A wooden bas-relief hangs at the south end of the post office lobby (slightly marred by the presence of a security camera). Lulu Braghetta completed this 10' x 3.5' carved and painted wooden sculpture, "The Wealth of Sutter County," in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.