• City Hall (former) - Hamilton OH
    The Hamilton Municipal Building (city hall), now the Heritage Hall Museum, was constructed as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project. "This project included, in addition to the construction of the municipal building, the purchase of a site which was selected in the business district of the city, facing the Miami River. The building provides space for the city council, all of the offices for the departments of the city government, municipal courts, a jail, the police department with a rifle range for their use, and a unit of the fire department. The structure is fireproof throughout and its exterior walls are faced with...
  • Post Office - Hamilton OH
    The post office in Hamilton was completed in 1934 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Richard Zoellner's three 1934 murals--"Agriculture," "Fort Hamilton," and "Industries of Hamilton"--painted with funds provided by the federal government and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office Murals - Hamilton OH
    Richard Zoellner painted these three oil on canvas murals--"Agriculture," "Fort Hamilton," and "Industries of Hamilton"--in 1934 with funds provided by the federal government. They are viewable in the Hamilton post office lobby.
  • Water System - Hamilton OH
    A massive waterworks construction project was undertaken in Hamilton, Ohio with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $620,000 loan and $250,911 grant toward the project, whose total cost was $961,181. Work occurred between June 1934 and December 1935. (PWA Docket No. OH 1438)