• Post Office - Brownsville PA
    The historic post office building in Brownsville, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury funds between 1935 and 1936. The building, which houses a New Deal mural inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office Mural - Brownsville PA
    The post office contains a 1936 Section of Fine Arts mural "Showing the People in the Early Days Transferring from Stagecoach to Boat" painted by Richard Lahey. Brownsville, PA is located on the Monongahela River in southwest Pennsylvania and this mural shows early transportation and the transfer of people from the stagecoach to steamboat. The women are dressed in their finest. Richard Lahey was born in New Jersey and studied at the Student’s Art League of New York, taught at the Minneapolis School of Art, the Student’s Art League, Goucher College, and the Corcoran in Washington, DC.