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The historic post office building in Yukon, Oklahoma was constructed between 1939 and 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now municipally owned. A New Deal that was painted for this building has since been moved to the city's current postal facility.

The historic former post office in Clinton, Iowa was constructed in 1902. A New Deal-era addition was constructed in 1934-5 with Treasury Department funds by way of the Public Works Administration (PWA), which allocated $76,500 for the project in Oct. 1933. Excavation began in Oct. 1934. It was expected that a $2,000 New Deal mural would be created for the building, though that plan never came to fruition. "In 1999 the post office closed and has been used to store various equipment since 2009." As of 2023 the building was not serving any public-serving purpose.

Fremont, Nebraska's historic mid-1890s post office building received a New Deal-era rear addition funded by the Treasury Department, completed in 1937. The building is now privately owned.

The U.S. Treasury Department funded an addition to Ithaca, New York's former main post office (now Ithaca's Town Hall) during the mid-1930s. The project was completed in early 1936. Ithaca's Downtown Station post office continues to occupy a corner of the old building.

Kingston, New York's 1907 post office, located at the northeast corner of Broadway and Grand Street, was enlarged and remodeled using Treasury Department funds in a project completed in 1938. The local paper Daily Freeman reported in 2013: "It was a beautiful granite post office built there in 1907," but it eventually got to be too small for the community's needs, Ford said. A former mayor could have purchased the old building for $1 and preserved it, the historian said, but he wanted the property back on the tax rolls, so the building was sold and torn down.

Waterville, Maine's 1911 former post office building received a rear addition funded by the Treasury Department during the New Deal era, completed in 1938. The building is now privately owned. Per the Waterville Morning Sentinel: "The postoffice addition seems to be practically completed and from present appearances another week or two will see the whole place in use. It has been a long drag and doubtless the men who work in the office will be pleased to see the last workman leave. However, so far as the public is concerned it has been a job in which the contractor has apparently...

A rear extension to the historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building in Augusta, Georgia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. Postal operations vacated the building in 1973. The building continues to operate as a courthouse. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has since been relocated.

The historic post office in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut was originally constructed in 1916-7. A rear extension was added to the building to as part of a New Deal project completed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has since been relocated.

The Old Post Office Building at 296 Chestnut St in Meadville, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1908-10. The building received a New Deal-era extension in 1936, which was funded by the Treasury Department, and the structure is now privately owned.

An extension to the old Northampton Post Office was constructed in 1938 with Treasury Department funds. It is located at 47 Pleasant Street, and currently houses various private offices. "The building was built in 1903 as a United States Post Office. It was expanded during subsequent years, then decommissioned and sold by the Postal Service in 1979. The building was renovated in 1990. It is constructed of stone and brick in Neoclassical design enhanced with two story graceful palladium windows, concrete columns, and impressive wood detail."    

Artist Fletcher Martin painted this Section of Fine Arts oil-on-canvas mural "The Horse Breakers" in 1940 for the Lamesa post office. The post office has since moved, but the mural remains in its original location in what is now a school district office. "'The Horse Breakers' is an oil-on-canvas mural that was painted by artist Fletcher Martin in 1939. During that time, Martin – who reportedly was a self-taught artist – was a visiting teacher in art schools in California. He died in 1979 at the age of 75 in New York City. "Martin was awarded a commission by the federal agency...

Artist Frank Klepper painted this mural “Confederate Company Leaving McKinney” for the McKinney post office in 1934, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts: "The triptych mural depicts a scene in 1864 that was witnessed by the artist’s grandmother on the McKinney Courthouse Square – a block from the museum. Klepper painted his grandmother into the foreground of the main panel. In the mural the mounted men were volunteers for a Confederate spy unit - a group formed by orders from Brigadier General Ben McCulloch. As the men leave – a casket containing the remains of the same General McCulloch...

The historic former post office building in Morrisville, Pennsylvania houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Canal Era," a mural by Yngve Soderberg. The work was completed and installed in 1939.

New York artist Allan Gould completed this oil on canvas mural, "Gathering Tobacco," measuring 5'8" by 13'7", in 1938, on a $650 contract from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. From historian Anita Price Davis' 2008 book New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators: "Artist Allan D. Gould drew on Roxboro's agricultural prowess for the mural he prepared for the Roxboro Post Office. His mural Gathering Tobacco shows workers stripping, tying, and grading tobacco outside a barn where tobacco is dried" (p. 146). The mural still hangs in the lobby...

The stately former post office (and later, Federal Building) in St. Cloud, Minnesota received multiple examples of New Deal artwork for what is now known as the Lionel J. Spaniol Memorial lobby. One work was David Granahan's "Construction—Saint Cloud," an oil-on-canvas mural completed in 1937. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It depicts "men in overalls quarrying, cutting, chiseling and polishing granite." Per on-site plaque: In December 1965, as federal contractors demolished the lobby of the building, " Spaniol recognized the need to save two pieces of art decorating the post office since the late 1930's. His...

This post office was built under the New Deal in 1937 and now houses the "Old Post Office Museum." An original New Deal mural still hangs in the building.

The stately former post office (and later, Federal Building) in St. Cloud, Minnesota received multiple examples of New Deal artwork for what is now known as the Lionel J. Spaniol Memorial lobby. One work was Brenda Putnam's "The Southwest and the Northeast Divided by the Mississippi," a plaster relief completed in 1939. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Per on-site plaque: In December 1965, as federal contractors demolished the lobby of the building, " Spaniol recognized the need to save two pieces of art decorating the post office since the late 1930's. His intervention saved two important...

The historic former post office Gaffney, South Carolina was constructed in 1912. However, the building received a project "covering general repairs, improvements and general renovation" that was conducted in 1940. The building, often referred to as the "grand dame" by locals, now houses Gaffney's Visitor Center as well as art studios. Per The Gaffney Ledger: Scaffolding had been erected around the Gaffney postoffice building by the Valley Renovating and Repainting Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, in preparation for a repair program costing between $11,000 and $12,000. A new roof will be put on the building, the top tiling will be replaced with new...

The historic post office in Canandaigua, New York was built in 1910; an addition to the building was financed by the Treasury Department during the Great Depression. "In 1938 it was expanded with an additional story under the auspices of Louis Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department." The building is now owned by the YMCA.

The historic post office building in Cortland, New York "was built in 1913-1915 and enlarged in 1940-1941." The extension was funded by the federal Treasury Department, a New Deal project, and the post office bears a rare cornerstone documenting the original date of construction as well as the date of the addition. The building "is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Oscar Wenderoth. It is a one story building with a brick foundation clad in granite with facades clad in coursed ashlar limestone in...

The Easton post office was built in 1910. It was extended northward toward Pine Street during the New Deal era, with Treasury Department funds, in 1937. The historic building is still in use. Source: "The Easton Post Office was constructed in 1910 as a two story mix of Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical styles with limestone cladding and wood double-hung windows. A later addition, complementing the original style, was built in 1937. The building is located in Easton’s historic district. Original flooring, ornate trim and even the original post office boxes are still in place. Used throughout the building is a mined stone known...

The historic post office building in Fulton, New York "was built in 1912-1915 and enlarged in 1936-1938. It is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, James Knox Taylor. It is a two story building with a limestone facade that contains a six-part colonnade with attached Doric order columns set in antis between Doric piers in the Greek Revival style." The building, which also houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office building in Geneva, New York was constructed in 1905-6. An addition to the post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds as a New Deal project; that work was completed in 1940. The building, which is still in use today, possesses examples of New Deal artwork both inside and out.

The historic post office in Greenfield, Massachusetts was built in 1913. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, received additions constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1939. The building is still in use and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The magnificent 1911-4 post office building in Huron, South Dakota received a New Deal-era addition, built 1936-7. Construction of the rear extension coincided with renovation of the original building. Dedication of the expanded facility took place on Jul. 5, 1937. Per the Jun. 30, 1937 The Evening Huronite, Huron, South Dakota, the 56' x 102' extension doubled the building's size. The dedicaton ceremony featured First Assistant Postmaster General W. W. Howes. While the post office occupied the entire first floor of the building, the facility housed multiple other U.S. agencies, including the Soil Erosion Service; army and navy recruiting; Weather Bureau;...

The impressive neoclassical brick post office in Little Falls, New York was originally constructed in 1907-09. A much plainer annex building was added as part of a New Deal project, 1938-40, carried out with federal Treasury Department funds. Jerry Gleason was the contractor for the work, which consisted of the building extension and remodeling.

The historic former main post office building in downtown Urbana, Illinois received a rear addition in 1935, courtesy Treasury Department funds. The building, locates at 202 S Broadway Ave., houses multiple tenants, and still houses a post office: Urbana's Downtown Station.

The historic 1905-7 post office on Gay Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania received a rear addition ("annex") that doubled its size during the New Deal era. Originally the main post office for West Chester, the long-serving facility is now known as the Gay Street Station post office. Per culturechesco.org: The next construction phase began thirty years later on October 26, 1935, when an annex was added to the rear of the structure nearly doubling its size. A one-foot setback can be seen about mid-point of the building where the back wall of the original Post Office was located. The outside materials and...

Constructed in 1938-39. Still in use as both a post office and a courthouse.

The U.S. Post Office and Court House in Marquette, Michigan was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935-7. The building, designed by Le Roy Gaarder,  is still in use by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan and the U.S. Postal Service. It contains a 1938 Section of Fine Arts mural titled "Marquette Exploring Shores of Lake Superior."

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934 under supervising architect James A. Wetmore. It is still in use by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and as a post office.

The historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building in Ponca City, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was completed in 1934 and is still in use today.

Nome, Alaska's old post office and courthouse was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and opened in 1938. The building, which still stands, is located along Front Street adjacent to Federal Way. It has since been heavily modified and is privately owned.

The historic Post Office and Courthouse in Auburn, New York was "built in 1888–1890 and was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Mifflin E. Bell, in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The limestone-and-brick building was expanded in 1913–1914, designed by James M. Elliot, and again in 1937." The latter extension served as a New Deal project, developed with funds provided by the federal the Treasury Department. The building presently serves as a county office building.

Waycross's historic U.S. Post Office and courthouse was originally completed in 1935. The building received an extension, completed in 1935/6, funded by the Treasury Department; it is the extension that qualifies it as a New Deal project. The building is now privately owned.

Designed by James A. Wetmore and constructed just prior the Roosevelt administration, Camden's new post office and courthouse saw continual improvements during the New Deal era, including: the addition of lavatories on the second floor; the reinforcement of aluminum windows; and fifth-floor remodeling. The GSA documents various other minor improvements. The GSA also describes the courthouse and post office in detail: "Completed in 1932, the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse represents an important example of 1930s Neoclassical federal architecture in the Modernist manner. A cornerstone near the entry indicates this building was completed under James A. Wetmore, who served as acting...

The Salina United States Post Office and Federal Building (c. 1937-1938) is located at 211 W. Iron in Salina, Saline County, Kansas. The two story, flat roofed, limestone building has a northern facade orientation. The building measures approximately one hundred and twenty feet from east to west and one hundred and seventeen feet from north to south. The facade of the building is comprised of three groups of three multipaned, metal windows. These are linearly aligned windows with inset marble panels between the first and second levels. The Section sculpture projects from the building on the wall space that flanks...

The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building in downtown Athens, Georgia, was constructed with Treasury Department funds and completed in 1942.

Marion Overby completed this terra cotta relief, entitled "Early Postman," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the lobby of the historic Mason post office. "his relief was mounted above the postmaster’s office and featured an early postman dressed in buckskin and boots, negotiating his way through the wilds of Michigan to deliver his mail. Mason’s post office mural was designed by Marion Overby, one of only two women to receive New Deal post office commissions in the state of Michigan." (cranbrookkitchensink.wordpress.com)

Zygmund Sazevich completed the three carved wood panels, collectively titled "From Far Away" for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1941. They hang by the counter in the customer service lobby of Kent, Washington's downtown post office.