Completion Year: 1941

The stately historic post office in Hawarden, Iowa was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Hamburg, Iowa received an example of New Deal artwork: "Peony Festival at Hamburg," painted by William E. L. Bunn in 1941. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The post office was enlarged and extensively remodeled in 1969-70. Unfortunately, the following occurred, per WPAMurals: The Postmaster sought to expand his office out into the lobby, which required removing the wall the mural hung on. Instead of notifying the GSA of the problem so that experts could remove the mural, he enlisted the help of an amateur painter friend, retired dentist Dr. Harvey Bang....

The historic post office in Forest City, Iowa was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The photogenic and historic post office in Columbus Junction, Iowa was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Audubon, Iowa was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP), the mural "Cantaloupe Industry" by Caroline Speare Rohland was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.  The 5' x 13' mural, entitled "Spring," was completed in 1941, and aspecifically created for what was then the new post office in Sylvania, Georgia. Due to a complaint about its racial content the work "was removed in 1980 and rolled up in a closet until 1995." Restored in 1995 by artist Jared Fogel and Charles Martin of Statesboro, the work is "now on indefinite loan to the Georgia Southern University Museum." (newdealartregistry.org)  

The historic post office in Rockmart, Georgia houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Kiln Room, Cement Plant," an oil-on-canvas mural painted by Reuben Gambrell in 1941. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

The historic post office in Pelham, Georgia houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural "Pelham Landscape," completed by Georgina Klitgaard in 1941. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

The former post office in McDonough, Georgia (now C.O. Polk Interactive Museum) houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Cotton Gin Mill." The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, though it is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA's Federal Art Project. "A Henry County treasure that many people in our community have never seen, 'Cotton Gin' was created by modernist artist Louis Henri Jean Charlot (1898-1979) in the early forties as part of the recovery process after the Great Depression. ... "In 1941 Artist Jean Charlot, was artist-in-resident at the University of Georgia in Athens when he was selected...

The mural "Plantation, Transportation, Education" was created for the post office in Louisville, Georgia by Abraham Harriton in 1941. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Per Jimmy Emerson: "In 1987, the newly appointed Postmaster had the mural removed from the wall of the post office." It was later moved to the Augusta Convention and Visitor's Bureau in the old Enterprise Mill. From there "it was removed in June 2018 and has been in storage with the USPS in DC since then. There are hopes to maybe return it to Augusta within the next few years and...