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The historic former post office in Tallulah, Louisiana was constructed ca. 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building now houses the Madison Parish Health Unit. A mural created for the building has been relocated to Tallulah’s current post office.
Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: August 15, 2017
This 1938 fresco “The River” was painted by Francisca Negueloua, for Tallulah’s then-new post office, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. That post office is now the Madison Parish Health Unit; the mural has been relocated to Tallulah’s current post… read more
Date added: August 5, 2017
A federal Treasury Department-funded construction, the old National Leprosarium Infirmary building, “built in 1933, had 68 beds in two open wards–men upstairs and women downstairs. Architects provided screened porches across the front of the building to allow patients fresh air. Notice… read more
Date added: July 19, 2014; Modified: April 24, 2017
The G. B. Cooley Tuberculosis sanatorium was constructed by the Works Progress Administration. It was located at Pine Top, seven miles from Monroe, Louisiana, or at White’s Ferry, 3 1/2 miles from Monroe, depending on source. The WPA provided $66,303… read more
Date added: December 21, 2015; Modified: April 12, 2017
Constructed in 1939-40, the former New Orleans Fire Department Station Number 2 is one of three firehouses built by the WPA in the Crescent City in the late 1930s. Located in the Lakeview neighborhood, south of Lake Pontchartrain, it consists… read more
Date added: September 25, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934 under supervising architect James A. Wetmore. It is still in use by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and as a post office.
Date added: December 8, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The St. Landry Parish Courthouse annex and jail project was undertaken in New Roads, Louisiana during the Great Depression with the assistance of funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The facilities were part of the largest wave of… read more
Date added: July 17, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
The Ville Platte post office was built in 1937, and originally housed a mural by Paul Rohland. The mural now resides in the new post office, while the original building is now a branch of the Evangeline Parish public library…. read more
Date added: April 15, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The old post office in Plaquemine, Louisiana, located at 23430 Eden St., was constructed in 1935 and is now privately owned.
Date added: March 31, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The old post office building at 7861 Main Street in Houma, LA was constructed in 1934-5 and served until the completion of the Allen J. Ellender Federal Building. Having functioned as “The Old Post Office Club,” a nightclub, during the… read more
Date added: August 15, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
Constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds, the historic former post office building in DeRidder, Louisiana presently houses the Beareguard Community Action Association.
Date added: March 1, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
Now the Covington School Board Annex, Covington, Louisiana’s then-new post office was constructed with U.S. Treasury Department funds during the Great Depression. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, was completed in 1938.
Date added: August 18, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office in Rayville, Louisiana was constructed in 1937 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.
Date added: August 16, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office in Oakdale, Louisiana was constructed in 1936 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.
Date added: August 16, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
Constructed with Treasury Department funds “during the Great Depression, the U.S. Post Office is built in the Art Deco style. Above two of the windows in the main facade are bas-relief sculptures which herald the advent of air mail. Inside… read more