Magnolia Elementary School – Oakdale CA

This PWA school was originally called the Oakdale Union School. It contains a New Deal mural by Herman Struck.
This PWA school was originally called the Oakdale Union School. It contains a New Deal mural by Herman Struck.
The Pierre Van Cortlandt School was completed and opened in January 1940. The school was built as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project, a New Deal progream established under Franklin Roosevelt. The building has some beautiful artwork, including a stone… read more
The cornerstone of this 1940 New Deal post office lists John M. Carmody as the Federal Works Administrator and W. Engelbert Reynolds as the Commisioner of Public Buildings.
The historic post office building in Burlingame, California was constructed during the early 1940s with federal funds. The building was sold to private interests in September 2014 and ceased its postal operations in January 2015.