Post Office Mural – Newberg OR
Date added: November 30, 2013
This Section of Fine Arts mural is titled “Early Mail Carriers of the West” and was painted by Rockwell Carey for the historic Newberg post office in 1937.
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City Hall (Old Post Office) Mural – Tillamook OR
Date added: November 30, 2013
Titled “Captain Gray Entering Tillamook Bay,” this mural depicts Captain Gray, who is best known for discovery of the Columbia River in the year 1792. Four years prior to that, however, he became the first white man, on record, to… read more
Harney County Courthouse – Burns OR
Date added: October 5, 2013
This structure was constructed with WPA help, but did not receive sought-for PWA funding: “Forty years later, the November 4, 1938 Burns Times-Herald called the courthouse “antiquated [and] poorly arranged.” Voters were deciding whether the county should construct a new… read more
James A. Redden Federal Courthouse Extension – Medford OR
Date added: September 23, 2013
The Medford OR post office and courthouse was originally constructed in 1916. An extension was added by the Treasury Department in 1940. Treasury’s Procurement Division was responsible for all federal buildings at the time and Louis A. Simon was the… read more
Sprague River Park – Bly OR
Date added: September 23, 2013
This beautiful day-use park is located along Sprague River and just north of Hwy 140 and three miles east of Bly, OR. The park was designed and built by Camp Bly CCC members.
Post Office Murals – Grants Pass OR
Date added: August 17, 2013
The New Deal post office in Grants Pass contains two New Deal murals in the lobby. “Rogue River Indians” was painted by Louis DeMott Bunce and “Early and Contemporary Industries” is the work of Eric Lamade. Both were created in 1938 under… read more
Post Office – Grants Pass OR
Date added: August 17, 2013
This New Deal Post Office was constructed circa 1935-1936.
Portland Baha’i Center Mural (former St. Johns Post Office) – Portland OR
Date added: July 24, 2013
The two panels of the New Deal mural “Development of St. Johns” were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the St. John’s Station post office. The building served as the St. John’s Station Post Office and is currently… read more
Gold Beach Ranger Station – Gold Beach OR
Date added: April 23, 2013
The Gold Beach Ranger Station is located at the southern part of town just off of Hwy 101. The Gold Beach Ranger Station is a CCC-built complex of multiple buildings completed in 1937. There is a bronze plaque located at… read more
CCC Retaining Wall – Klamath Falls OR
Date added: April 23, 2013
This smaller, concrete CCC project from 1940 is located at the west side of the junction of Lincoln Street and N 11th Street in Klamath Falls, OR. This smaller, CCC-built project is located along what’s known as the ‘A-Canal’, one… read more
Star Ranger Station – Jacksonville OR
Date added: April 23, 2013
This historic CCC structure is located just west of Upper Applegate Rd and on a hillside, across the road from the current ranger station in Jackson County, OR. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)…. read more
Post Office – Hood River OR
Date added: February 19, 2013
The Hood River post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934-1935. It is still in service. A historical marker attached to the post office reads: “From 1901 to 1935, the Hood River United States Post Office occupied the… read more
East Portland Post Office Mural – Portland OR
Date added: February 19, 2013
The post office originally held an earlier version of this mural entitled “Post Ride,” funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and painted in 1936 by Paul Grellert. During renovation of the post office in the 60’s the mural… read more
East Portland Station Post Office – Portland OR
Date added: February 19, 2013
The historic East Portland Station post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The post office houses New Deal artwork.
Post Office Murals – Eugene OR
Date added: February 11, 2013
The post office contains two murals painted by Carl Morris in 1943. “Carl Morris won the US Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture competition to complete a set of murals for the building. The Section competition required that the… read more