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Downtown Station Post Office – San Diego CA

San Diego Post Office, downtown

The old Main Post Office for San Diego, now the Downtown Station post office, was constructed with Treasury Department funds and houses Archibald Garner’s 1937 sculpture, “Transportation of the Mail,” produced under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Federal Building (former) – Hammond IN

Hammond Post Office & Court House (1941)

This neoclassical style building was competed in 1939 and housed the U.S. Court House and Post Office. Today, it is owned by the Hammond Baptist Church and is used as their main office.

Project type: Federal Courthouses, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Hollywood Post Office – Los Angeles CA

Hollywood Post Office

"In 1937[sic], renowned art deco architect Claud Beelman, then partner at Curlett + Beelman, could not have had any inkling that his WPA commissioned Hollywood Post Office Building, (located at 1615 Wilcox) would end up being a dead letter repository… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Main Post Office – Santa Barbara CA

The main post office in Santa Barbara was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936. The lobby contains a set of bas-relief murals and remains in its original condition.  

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Alhambra CA

This New Deal post office was built in 1935 and boasts the usual Henry Morgenthau Jr. cornerstone.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Covina CA

Covina Post Office

This New Deal post office has one of the traditional Henry Morgenthau Jr. cornerstones.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Gardena CA

Gardena Post Office

The historic Gardena post office was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The official cornerstone of this 1939 New Deal facility lists John M. Carmody as Federal Works Administrator and W. Engelbert Reynolds as the Commissioner of Public Buildings. The building,… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Huntington Park CA

This 1935 New Deal post office still boasts the official Henry Morgenthau Jr. cornerstone.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Lancaster CA

Lancaster Post Office

The Lancaster post office is a trim, one-story Art Moderne building of a familiar type of the post offices of the New Deal era – but with a distinctive tower at the NE corner.  It was built in 1941 by… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Ontario CA

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.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Pipestone MN

The historic post office building in Pipestone, Minnesota was constructed with federal Treasury Department in 1935. The building is still in service.

Project type: Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – South Pasadena CA

This New Deal post office was built by the Treasury in 1935.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office – Ventura CA

This 1936 post office boasts the traditional New Deal cornerstone.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office (former) – Burlingame CA

Burlingame Post Office

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.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Post Office (former) – Venice CA

The historic post office building in Venice, California was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

San Gabriel Post Office – San Gabriel CA

The San Gabriel post office boasts a nice New Deal cornerstone.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

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