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Date added: November 7, 2014
A sanitary sewer construction project was undertaken in Dover, Delaware during the Great Depression with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. (PWA Docket No. DE W1023)
Date added: November 7, 2014
A waterworks construction project was undertaken in Milford, Delaware with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied an $83,250 grant toward the project, whose total cost was $180,819. Work occurred between January 1938 and April 1939…. read more
Date added: November 7, 2014
Multiple waterworks construction project were undertaken in Wilmington, Delaware with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Work on the projects in 1934. It is also listed in the records of the WPA. (PWA Docket No. DE 1317,… read more
Date added: August 12, 2014
The Town Offices of Laurel, Delaware, were constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $14,122 grant toward the $37,246 project. Construction on the project began December 1936 and was completed July 1937…. read more
Date added: April 27, 2014
The Seaford Museum and Seaford Historical Society in Seaford, Delaware are located in what was formerly the community’s 1934 New Deal post office. “The Seaford Museum includes a changing exhibit gallery, a presentation room, a general information area, and a… read more
Date added: September 8, 2013
“The U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhouse, also known as Main Post Office, is a historic post office, courthouse, and custom house, located on Rodney Square in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by Irwin & Leighton in… read more
Date added: August 15, 2012
“New Deal mural entitled “Landing of Swedes at The Rocks in Wilmington” painted in 1938 by Albert Pels. At the time it was painted, it hung behind the judge’s bench in the US Courtroom of the Wilmington Post Office and… read more
Date added: August 15, 2012
New Deal murals entitled “Chemistry and Industry” and “Chemistry and Agriculture” painted in 1938 by Herman Zimmerman. He painted 2 murals for the Wilmington Post Office. They still hang in the building but it now houses the Wilmington Trust bank.
Date added: August 14, 2012
The historic post office in Selbyville, Delaware was constructed ca. 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Date added: August 14, 2012
The historic Rehoboth Beach post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: “Frontier Mail,” a mural painted by Karl Knaths in 1940. The work was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Date added: August 14, 2012
The historic post office building in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Date added: August 14, 2012
New Deal mural entitled “William Penn Welcomed at New Castle” painted in 1938 by J. Scott Williams.
Date added: August 14, 2012
Treasury funded wax tempera mural entitled “Men Hoeing” painted in 1941 by Eve Salisbury.
Date added: August 14, 2012
Constructed in 1939.
Date added: August 14, 2012
A set of several panels painted by William D. White in 1937 entitled “Harvest, Spring and Summer.” The murals were funded by TRAP for what was then the Dover DE post office and is now the Wesley United Church Education… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
