• Eisenhower Middle School - Norristown PA
    Originally constructed as a high school, what is now Eisenhower Middle School in Norristown, PA was built as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $487,086 grant for the project, whose total cost was $1,114,009. Construction was completed in April 1938. "The building contains 65 rooms, including shops, laboratories, music rooms, an auditorium seating 2,011 people, a cafeteria for 600, a library for 120, and 2 gymnasiums which when thrown together make a room 88 by 112 feet. There is an outdoor theater and stage, with sloping, sodded seats of 3,300 capacity. The building is fireproof. The exterior...
  • Post Office - Norristown PA
    The historic post office building in Norristown, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1934. The building, which houses New Deal murals inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office Murals - Norristown PA
    The historic post office building in Norristown, Pennsylvania houses two New Deal murals: "Local Industry" and "U.S. Mail." The works, which were sponsored by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts, were painted by Paul Mays and installed in the post office lobby in 1936.