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 (missing) - Hammonton NJ

  The historic Hammonton post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Harvest," a sculpture created by Spero Anageros in 1940. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Unfortunately, the sculpture is missing. ...
• Post Office Sculpture (Schmitz) - York PA

  The wooden sculpture "Prayer of Thanksgiving" was one of two New Deal works of art commissioned for the 'old' main post office in York, Pennsylvania (located at 200 S. George St.). It was created by Carl L. Schmitz and completed in 1946. Schmitz was one of two artists to win ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Berryville AR

  Daniel Olney was commissioned to create artwork for Berryville, Askansas on the basis of a model he submitted in the Salina, Kansas, competition. The figures were redesigned when Olney got the Berryville assignment. He was paid $750. This "mural" is actually composed of three distinct painted plaster bas reliefs.; a farmer ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Carlyle IL

  The historic Carlyle post office possesses a set of three sculptures by Curt Drewes. The sculptures, entitled "Farm," "Dairy Farming," and "Fish Hatchery," were funded by the Section of Fine Arts in 1939. ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Covington KY

  The historic downtown post office in Covington, Kentucky, is home to three sculptures: Carl L. Schmitz's 1940 limestone sculptures, "Horsebreeding" and "Tobacco," and Romuald Kraus's 1942 bronze sculpture, "Justice," all completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Evanston IL

  The post office contains two 5.5' x 7' cast aluminum sculptures covered with gold foil by Robert I. Russin. "Mail Handler" and "Throwing the Mail" were completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1938. ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Fond du Lac WI

  These eleven limestone reliefs by Boris Gilbertson are located around the outside of the old Fond du Lac post office. They represent "Birds and Animals of the Northwest." The post office now houses the organization Advocap. ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Hamlet NC

  Nina de Brennecke created three carved mahogany bas relief sculptures: "Peaches," "Dewberries," and "Drilling," in 1942 with funds provided by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. They are viewable in the lobby of the historic Hamlet, North Carolina post office. ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Ripley MS

  George Aarons' three cast stone reliefs, "Development of the Postal Service," were installed in 1939 in the new Ripley, Mississippi post office. That post office was sold to private owners in the 1990s and the reliefs were moved to the new post office in 1999. The stone reliefs were installed on ...
• Post Office Sculptures - Rock Falls IL

  The post office contains two terra cotta sculptures created by Curt Drewes under the auspices of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1939. The sculptures depict "The Manufacture of Farm Implements" and "Farming by Hand." ...