All Sites

This is an alphabetical list of every New Deal site on our national map, with a thumbnail photo and text.

  • Post Office Sculpture - Eden NC
    This glazed terra cotta relief entitled "American Oriental Rug Weaving" was created with  Section of Fine Arts support in 1941 by artist Ruth Nickerson. Originally installed in the Leaksville NC post office at 634 Monroe St. In the 1950's, Leaksville and 2 other towns combined to form the city of Eden. ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Fowler IN
    Nat Warner completed the cast stone sculpture, "Rest During Prairie Plowing," in 1940. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is created for, and is still viewable in, the lobby of the Fowler post office. ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Garfield NJ
    A Section of Fine Arts sculpture, “Transportation of the Mail,” was made by Robert Laurent in 1937. The sculpture hangs in the lobby of Garfield's main post office. ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Haddon Heights NJ
    With Treasury Relief Arts Program funding, Isamu Noguchi produced this cast stone relief entitled "The Letter" for display at the Haddon Heights post office in 1939. Noguchi is best known for his bas-relief "News" on the exterior of 40 Rockefeller Center in New York City. Ironically, then-postmaster of Haddon Heights, Henry ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Highland Park MI
    "American Eagle" Medium: Stone ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Many LA
    This wood carving "Cotton Pickers" by Julius Struppek was completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1941. It is temporarily in storage and not accessible. ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Maplewood MO
    The post office contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts sculpture by Carl Mose entitled "Family Group." The sculpture is a wood bas relief with the father in support at the base, mother supporting the child who is reaching for a dove. A church is in the background surrounded by trees. ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Munising MI
    The historic post office in Munising, Michigan houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts plaster sculpture by Hugo Robus entitled "Chippewa Legend." Some sources call this work "Creation of the Islands." ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Nokomis IL
    Bernard J. (Tony) Rosenthal completed a wood carving, entitled "Coal Mining," in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work is installed in the lobby of the Nokomis, Illinois post office. ...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Northampton PA
    The historic Northampton post office building houses an example of New Deal artwork: the cast-stone relief sculpture entitled "Physical Changes of the Postman through the Ages," by Maurice Glickman. The work was created with Treasury of Fine Arts funds during the Great Depression. ...

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