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  • Post Office - Richfield Springs NY
    The historic post office building in Richfield Springs, New York, "was built in 1941-1942, 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 one story, five bay building with a granite clad foundation, brick facades laid in common bond and limestone trim. The roof is surmounted by an octagonal cupola with metal window tracery and a decorative iron weathervane. The building displays Colonial Revival style details. The interior features an untitled 1942 mural by artist John W. Taylor depicting...
  • Coopers Rock State Forest - Bruceton Mills WV
    The West Virginia Department of Commerce writes: “The forest and its amenities are directly attributable to the development CCC Camp Rhododendron, formerly Camp Preston. A priority for the forest was fire fighting and wildlife food plots to increase hunting and thus, increase state revenues from hunters. The construction work at Cooper’s Rock began in May 1936 with some road and trail development. By the spring of 1937 the men were at work on the permanent structures in the Main Overlook area. The camp was occupied for a total of five years and their projects included road and trail development, picnic shelters,...
  • New York Public Library Murals - New York NY
    The McGraw Rotunda of the 5th Ave. library building contains a set of WPA murals: "It features The Story of the Recorded Word, a set of four large arched panels by Edward Laning, were executed for the McGraw Rotunda of the New York Public Library Main Branch from 1938 to 1942 as part of a Works Progress Admistration (WPA) Project, with supplies furnished by Isaac Phelps Stokes, author of the Iconography of Manhattan Island. Laning depicted the story of the recorded word across each of the murals. The first mural, to the left of the entrance to the Catalog Room, Moses...
  • Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island Improvements - New York NY
    The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from France in 1886. It was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board until 1901 and then by the Department of War. In 1937, FDR proclaimed the entire island a National Monument administered by the National Park Service. From 1937-1941, the WPA and PWA carried out extensive renovations of the statue and Bedloe (now Liberty) island. In his history of the Statue of Liberty, Berenson (2012) elaborates on the federal government's role: "the NPS devised an ambitious plan to remove all structures save for the statue itself, shore up the...
  • Post Office Mural - Sebring FL
    This Section funded mural "Prehistoric Life in Florida" was painted for the Sebring post office in 1942 by Charles R. Knight. It now hangs in the Sebring Public Library.
  • Post Office Mural - Lake Wales FL
    The historic Lake Wales post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Harvest Time—Lake Wales." The work was painted by Denman Fink in 1942.
  • Post Office Murals - Jasper FL
    The historic post office building in Jasper, Florida houses New Deal artwork: two Section of Fine Arts-commissioned tempera frescoes by Pietro Lazzari titled "Harvest at Home" and "News from Afar." They were completed in 1942.
  • Post Office Mural - Lakeville CT
    The historic Lakeville, Connecticut post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts-commissioned mural entitled "Ethan Allen in Forge Making Cannon Balls," which was painted in 1942 by George R. Cox. New Deal art website www.wpamurals.org has this anecdote from the artist's grandson, Topher Cox: "When my father was about 12, he and his father drove up to Lakeville. My grandfather had forgotten to sign his work. So around 1952 they drove up with a small can of paint and a brush. My grandfather met with the postmaster who gave him a small stool. My grandfather stood...
  • Post Office Mural - Oakland MD
    Robert F. Gates completed this tempera on canvas mural, entitled "Buckwheat Harvest," in 1942 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • South Denver Station Post Office Mural - Denver CO
    Ethel Magafan painted this mural, entitled "The Horse Corral," in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
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