Federal & Military Operations Sites

The gorgeous and historic former post office in Springville, Utah was built in 1941 with Treasury Department funds by way of the Federal Works Agency. Dedication took place on Nov. 15, 1941. As of 2025 the building houses a day care center.

This New Deal post office was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. As of December 2013 it was still functioning and was known as the Old St. Albans Post Office. Researcher Frank da Cruz reports this building now houses an architectural engineering firm. The wood relief sculpture "Science and Industry" by Reuben R. Kramer (1941) was moved to the new post office that was built in 986 at 431 B Street. He also reports that the cornerstone names Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, Postmaster General James Farley, Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon, Neil A. Melick Supervising Engineer. "The Old St. Albans Post Office...

The stately former post office (and later, Federal Building) in St. Cloud, Minnesota was constructed with Treasury Department funds and completed in 1938. Oddly, the building's 1936 cornerstone was laid in July 1937. (Further research is needed to discern the exact contract and construction dates of the building.) The building replaced an early-century post office building at the same site, which was physically lifted and relocated on rollers to a new location, becoming St. Cloud's city hall. The building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, also received multiple examples of New Deal artwork. It is also now privately...

The former post office at 94 E Tabernacle St. in St. George, Utah was a New Deal construction. The Treasury Department provided funding for the building, which bears a 1936 cornerstone. The building is now privately owned, presently (as of 2024) housing a bank.

The monumental former post office and federal building at 180 Kellogg Blvd. in St. Paul, Minnesota was constructed during the Great Depression. The original structure was designed in 1931-2, during the Hoover administration; bears a 1933 cornerstone and was constructed in May to Sept. 1934. The architectural style is PWA Moderne. While it would seem the New Deal connection to this structure is questionable, a second issuance of funding for the building enables us to attribute construction of the original 11-story facility to the Public Works Administration (PWA). As detailed by a 1985 Historic, Architectural & Archaeological Significance Survey: The additional appropriation for...

The historic one-story Colonial Revival post office in Starkville, Mississippi was constructed by M. C. Monroe for $14,750 in 1935. It has not been used as a post office since the 1980s; the building is now privately owned.

The historic former post office in Storm Lake, Iowa was built in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The stately structure is now the administration building for the Storm Lake Community School District. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has since been relocated.

This former post office building was constructed by the Treasury in 1937. It is now privately owned. The post office originally contained a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "A Massachusetts Countryside" painted by Jean Watson in 1940. "The mural was removed from the old post office in 1986 when a new one was completed. It hung in the town hall until 1990 but during renovations of the town hall was actually placed in the trash by the contractors. The president of the historical society saved the mural from the trash and has stored the mural in the attic of his shop...

The historic former post office building in Summerville, South Carolina was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1938, now houses civic offices.

The former post office in Swainsboro, Georgia was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building bears the words UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE above the former front entrance (though the building did not actually serve as a U.S. courthouse), with COURT HOUSE clearly replacing the words POST OFFICE. UNF.edu: "It was purchased by Emanuel County and served as the county courthouse from 1999-2002 until a new courthouse was built that incorporated it into a new county government building." The old post office building, specifically, can be found at the northern corner of the intersection of S. Main St. and E. Moring...

The historic former post office in Sylvester, Georgia was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building now houses the Chamber of Commerce. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility was relocated to the community's current post office.

The historic post office building in Tahlequah, Oklahoma was constructed with federal funds and completed in 1937. It has been re-purposed as the municipal Chamber of Commerce.

The historic former post office in Tallulah, Louisiana was constructed ca. 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building now houses the Madison Parish Health Unit. A mural created for the building has been relocated to Tallulah's current post office.

The old Toms River post office, located at 40 Washington St., was constructed in 1939 with New Deal funds. Postal operations were relocated and the old post office now houses a Community Action Agency. The building also housed an example of New Deal artwork, now missing.

The historic former post office building in Torrington, Connecticut was constructed with in 1935-6 with Treasury Department funds. An example of New Deal artwork that had been housed in the former post office has been relocated to USPS's current location on Elm Street. The New Deal-era building is now privately owned and known as Old Post Office Square. Short and Stanley-Brown: "This post office has two entrances, which is unusual except in large buildings, and its along most of the side. The lobby has a terrazzo floor, marble wainscot, and plaster above, decorated with mural paintings. The construction is fireproof except...

The historic former post office in Trenton, Tennessee was built in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. Now privately owned, the building is known as (appropriately enough) The Old Post Office; though what, if any, public-facing purpose the building serves is unknown to Living New Deal.

The historic former post office in Tuscumbia, Alabama was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funding. The former post office is now the Tuscumbia City Hall and Municipal Court.

The stately New Deal-era former post office in Tuskegee, Alabama was built in 1935. Postal operations were moved to a new building in 1991, and the historic Depression-era building now serves as an arts center. An example of New Deal artwork created for the site has since been relocated to the 'new' post office.

The former post office in Ukiah CA was built in 1936 and inaugurated Jan. 30, 1937. The building's construction was funded by the Treasury Department, and is sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is a typical single-story Moderne-style building of the 1930s, constructed 0f poured concrete, covering 11,200 square-feet.  It cost $72,315 (pressdemocrat.com).  This post office was taken out of service in 2012 and put on the market, despite considerable protest from the local community.  Local activists succeeded in having it placed on the National Register of Historic Places that year. It was still sitting unused behind a steel fence in...

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1939. The post office has since moved to a newer facility. The building was used as an antique store, but is up for sale as of Summer 2013. The mural by James Penney that was created for this post office now hangs in the new post office at 1276 Missouri Route 47, Union, MO.

The historic Vacaville Post Office was constructed during the Great Depression but is now privately owned. The New Deal mural still decorates the walls.

"The one-story brick and limestone Modernistic style building, constructed in 1936-1937, is an excellent example of a Class C or D post office built from standardized plans developed in the 1930's." As of 2014, this building is in use as Cherry County Office Building.

This Spanish Revival post office in Van Nuys, CA was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1934-35. The post office was no longer functional by 1978, when it was under consideration for the title of a Los Angeles Historical Monument. From 1992 until 2017, the facility housed non-profit Children of the Night's 24-bed shelter for teenage survivors of sex-trafficking. Over 3,000 children called Children of the Night home during its 25 years in existence. In 2024, the building became a shelter for vulnerable women and youth called Carol’s Sanctuary.

The historic post office building in Venice, California was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned and the interior was renovated in 2025. The building functions as a creative campus, called The Lighthouse, for content creators.

The Ville Platte post office was built in 1937, and originally housed a mural by Paul Rohland. The mural now resides in the new post office, while the original building is now a branch of the Evangeline Parish public library. Additional photographs can be found at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/3104366510/

The historic former post office building in Walterboro, South Carolina was constructed in 1936-7 with federal Treasury Department funds. The stately building is now privately owned.

This New Deal post office is now the Cabrillo College Watsonville Center.

The former Wausau Wisconsin Post Office building on First Street was constructed by the Treasury in 1937. It has now been turned into private apartment buildings.

The historic former post office in Westbrook, Maine was built in 1935-6 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is now a bank. The artwork has been relocated.

The former Westerville post office was a New Deal project and used to contain a mural by Olive Nuhfer. The mural has been moved to a new post office north of downtown. An early photograph of the building can be found at the Ohio Memory online archive (https://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p267401coll34/id/9898/rec/1).

The former post office in Westport, Connecticut, located at 154 Post Road, was built in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds.  "It was designed by Lansing Holden, a World War I flying ace, who won the Distinguished Service Cross.  Returning home from the war, he took up his father’s profession as an architect. Holden continued to fly, and in 1938 he died in a crash trying to land in bad weather." In 2011 the post office was sold to a private real estate company, and postal operations relocated to a strip plaza. The building then housed a high-end restaurant, though it...

The historic former post office building in downtown White River Junction, Vermont was constructed in 1934 with Treasury Department funds. The building now houses The Center for Cartoon Studies. An example of New Deal artwork is still housed in the old post office's lobby.

The historic former Wilkinsburg post office was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned. It is unclear what public-facing purpose, if any, the building presently serves.

The historic post office building in Williamsburg, Kentucky was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building, located at the northeast corner of E. Sycamore St. and N. 3rd St. is now privately owned.

The historic former post office building in Willoughby, Ohio was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building had housed an example of New Deal artwork, now missing. Postal operations have moved to a different facility in the community and the New Deal post office is now privately owned.

The classic New Deal former post office in Windom, Minnesota was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1939. The stately brick building is now privately owned. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has since been relocated.

The historic former post office in Windsor, Connecticut was constructed in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now home to the Raymond B McHugh VFW Post 4470.

The historic former post office building in Woodruff, South Carolina was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.

The historic post office in Worthington, Minnesota was built in 1934 with Treasury Department funds. It is now privately owned and known as the Worthington Professional Building.

The historic former post office in York, Pennsylvania located at 200 S. George St. (not to be confused with the preceding post office located at the northeast corner of W. Philadelphia St. and N. Beaver St.) was constructed in the early 20th century and expanded and remodeled during the New Deal era. Construction of the building's addition / "annex" required the demolition of multiple structures and took place in 1939-40. It was at this time that two examples of New Deal sculptures were created for the post office (since relocated). York Daily Record, in 2016: The Philadelphia and Beaver streets post office...