Completion Year: 1940

The historic post office building in Lowville, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1940, houses an example of New Deal artwork inside and is still in use today.

The historic post office building in Ellenville, New York was constructed as a New Deal project with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1940, is still in use today. "The building was one of many post offices in the region which were built of stone, reflecting the historical Dutch influence in the Hudson Valley...President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally approved the design. As a native of the region, he understood the importance of stone architecture and made sure that new post offices in the region were built in that style. In late 1939, villagers in Ellenville sent Roosevelt...

The historic post office building in Dolgeville, New York "was built in 1939-1940, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, five bay building with a granite clad foundation, brick facades laid in common bond, and limestone trim in the Colonial Revival style. It features a slate covered hipped roof on the front section." (Wikipedia)

Orchard Beach is an artificial beach 6,000 feet long on Pelham Bay in Pelham Bay Park on the east side of The Bronx, built by WPA workers under the direction of the New York City Parks Department. It required a major reconfiguration of the shoreline and sand imported from the Atlantic coast.  It included many auxillary improvements, most notably a large bathhouse behind the beach.  Researcher Frank da Cruz sums up New Deal involvement in developing the area based on multiple Parks Department press releases from the 1930s: "Orchard Beach  created by the federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) from a plan developed in...

This Section of Fine Arts mural, entitled "Cotton—From Field to Mill," was painted in 1940 by Philip Evergood, for the then-new Jackson post office at 132 S Mulberry Street. It was moved to the retail lobby of the current post office building upon the relocation of postal operations in 1995. Following alleged complaints regarding the content of the mural, it was covered with black plastic by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in August 2020 (Jackson Progress-Argus, Postlandia). As of 2025 USPS has yet to inform the public of the mural's fate.

The historic Miami Beach post office houses three New Deal murals depicting "Episodes from the History of Florida" painted in 1940 by WPA artist Charles Russell Hardman. (The federal agency that commissioned the works was the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.) "The lobby is a round and in the center is a fountain that appears to be inoperable. Above is an incredible light fixture with sun rays emanating from it against a brilliant teal background. The murals are positioned at the rear of the round space, so my photographs have a pretty funky perspective. Going from left to right, the first...

A cornerstone on the Oakland, Maryland Post Office shows it to be a project of the Federal Works Administration from 1940.

The Section of Fine Arts commissioned this mural: "Cotton Pickers" for the Wynne, Arkansas post office. Painted by Ethel Magafan in 1940, the mural is 12' long and about 4' high, painted in oil on canvas. "Ethel Magafan was commissioned for $560 to create a mural for Wynne, Arkansas as a result of an Honorable Mention in a Section of Fine Arts competition. She visited town and composed numerous sketches of the people as they worked in the cotton fields. Magafan installed the mural with the help of her twin sister Jenne. The color sketch for the composition was exhibited at...

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) constructed a municipal building at the northeast corner of 1st Ave. and Milwaukee St. in Java, South Dakota. Completed in 1940, it is now used as the Java Public Library. WPA Project No. 4172

In 1939, Robert Kittredge was commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts to create artwork for the newly-completed Flagstaff post office (later known as the Federal Building). He created a wooden bas-relief, "Arizona Logging," which was installed in 1940. The sculpture speaks to the logging industry, which was a critical part of Flagstaff's economy for decades. Three loggers are depicted putting logs onto a wagon using a "cant dog" poll. When the old post office/federal building was sold in 1983, the bas-relief was moved to the stairwell of the new wing of the Coconino County Courthouse, one-half block north.