Completion Year: 1937

The historic former post office in downtown Mesa, Arizona was constructed in 1936-7. Once postal operations relocated it became the Federal Building. The 22,000-square-foot structure now serves as a civic event space called The Post: MesaAZ.gov: The Federal Building was built in 193 by the Federal Government Department of Treasury to become Mesa's first 1st-class post office and one of the finest buildings in the City at its completion.  The significance of the building was substantiated by the arrival of the Postmaster General, James A. Farley, who attended the dedication of the building as the guest of honor at a banquet at...

Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "The Road to Tuskegee" painted in 1937 by Anne Goldthwaite. Created for the city's historic New Deal post office building, the mural was restored and moved to the 'new' Tuskegee post office in 1996. "In addition to depicting local scenes, Goldthwaite, a Montgomery artist, used the suggested Section theme of postal history for her Tuskegee panel, as she did with her other mural in Atmore." (https://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec49det.html)

The historic post office in Montevallo, Alabama was constructed in 1936-7 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork in its lobby, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is still in service.

The post office in Fort Payne, Alabama was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building had been home to an example of New Deal artwork, since relocated. Postal operations relocated in 1980 with construction of a new postal facility. The New Deal-era building is now privately owned and, as of 2024, the building seems to be largely abandoned and serving no public-facing function.

Originally the Gadsden post office, this Beaux-Arts-style building was constructed in 1909. The post office was twice extended, first in 1915 and again, during the New Deal, in 1937. Louis A. Simon was the Supervising Architect of the second extension. More recently, the building was in use by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and but it no longer served as a post office. The building is now privately owned. Per Wikipedia, "The post office moved to a new building in the 1960s, and the building was fully vacated by the government after 2012. In 2017, the...

The post office in Fairfield was constructed in 1936-7 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Quanah, Texas was built with Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The Community Building (currently the Senior Center) in Blooming Prairie MN is a simple community building designed in Moderne style. It was built as a federal New Deal project through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building has a brick façade with Kasota limestone trim. The 30'x60' structure has a pair of wings 15'x30' and a concrete basement. The structure has a large auditorium on the main floor, flanked by a village council chamber and the first public women's washrooms in the city. The basement had a large dining room, kitchen facilities, and men's restrooms. There were construction delays because of...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) did much of the early development of Calaveras Big Trees State Park in the 1930s.  Perhaps the most notable of the CCC projects was construction of the Big Trees Recreation Hall, now known as the Jack Knight Hall (the name was changed in the 2000s to honor a former park ranger). The hall is a one-story wood building in National Park Rustic style, with a long, covered porch on the north side. Inside, it contains a single large hall with open beam ceiling, hand-hewn wood furnishings, hand-crafted hardware, and a giant stone fireplace in the center....

Besides the facility that is now Central Elementary, a school in Franklin, Pennsylvania was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The PWA supplied a $17,097 grant for the project, whose total cost was $38,772. The allotment was approved in September 1935. Construction started in April 1936 and was finished Jan. 1937. PWA Docket No. 1364. The location and status of this facility is currently unknown to Living New Deal.