Treasury Department Sites

Colonial Revival style; 1 story, red-brick building with cupola. Funded by the Public Building Administration of the Federal Works Agency.

The historic post office in Hubbard, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office building in Hudson Falls, New York "was designed and built 1935-1936, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department under Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is a one hand one half story, five bay, steel frame building clad in red brick."

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

Built in 1939.

The post office in Hutchinson was completed in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. Louis A. Simon was the supervising architect and Neal Melick was the supervising engineer. It is also the site of Elsa Jemne's 1942 mural, "The Hutchinson Singers," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

The historic Hyannis post office was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

"The Hyattsville Post Office is a one-story brick building constructed over a full basement, located on Gallatin Street in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland. The Colonial Revival building consists of a central, three-bay block flanked by smaller one-bay flat-roofed pavilions. It was constructed in 1935 and remains in active use."

The Hyde Park Post Office "... is a stone building modeled on an early house in the region. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a native of Hyde Park, took a personal interest in the construction of the new building during the New Deal. A series of murals inside depict major events in local history. In 1988 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places." (Wikipedia) The building was funded by the US Treasury and constructed in 1941.

Constructed in 1938.

The historic post office building in Ilion, New York "was built in 1935-1936, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon. It is a one story, seven bay, steel frame building on a raised foundation with a brick watercourse in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a 1937 plaster relief by artist Edmund Amateis of Eliphalet Remington."

The post office in Independence was completed in 1935 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Robert Tabor's 1938 mural, "Postman in Storm," painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

This one-story Art Moderne style post office was built in 1935. It originally contained a New Deal mural, "White Gold in the Delta." The mural was destroyed in the 1960s.

The Post Office in Inglewood CA was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935. It was needed because of damage to the previous post office in the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 and cost $210,000 (Gnerre 2022) The design of this two-story building is Classical Moderne, with clean, square lines, flat roof tall window openings and a stucco finish. There are lovely bas-relief sculptures over the recessed front entrance and in the front window openings between stories.  There is a carved wooden mural inside. (see linked pages) New Deal era post offices were all built by the Treasury Department, never by the Works...

The historic Ipswich post office was built in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal art, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Iron Mountain, Michigan was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Iron River, Michigan was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Irvine, Kentucky was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic post office in Jasper, Florida was constructed in 1941 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building houses examples of New Deal artwork and is still in service.

The historic post office in Jasper, Indiana was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Jeanerette, Louisiana was constructed in 1939 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.

The post office in Jeannette was completed in 1934 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Alexander J. Kostellow and Frank T. Olson's murals, "Battle of Bushy Run" and "Glass Industry," completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

This New Deal Post Office in Jefferson City was built with Treasury Department funds in 1939.

The historic post office building in Jefferson, Wisconsin was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic post office in Jenkins, Kentucky was constructed in 1941 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed New Deal artwork, is still in service.

This New Deal post office opened mid-1941.

The historic post office in downtown Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic (and current) post office building in Johnson City, New York "was designed and built in 1934 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon. The interior features a mural by Frederic Charles Knight."

The historic post office building in Kane, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935. The building is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1939.

This post office was constructed by the Treasury in 1936.

The historic Kellogg post office was built in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The post office in Kelso was constructed by the US Treasury in 1936.

The historic post office building in Kemmerer, Wyoming was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. Completed in 1936, it was constructed "from standardized plans developed from guidelines provided by the Office of the Supervising Architect in the Treasury Department." (https://wyoshpo.state.wy.us) The building, which houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork inside, is still in service.

The historic post office in Kenedy, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1937, houses New Deal artwork inside and is still in use today.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940. A 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural by Elizabeth Tracy was originally installed in the post. It was entitled “Bathers” and was a beach scene. The preliminary sketch had been approved, though the townspeople had not been consulted. Unfortunately, the opinion of a vocal part of the Kennebunkport populace was highly negative to Tracy’s painting, inflamed by the historic mural in the adjacent Kennebunk that was favored by the townspeople. The beach in the area is in fact in Kennebunk, not Kennebunkport. Permission to remove the mural was included in an appropriations bill, the...

The post office in Kenova was completed in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Department.

The historic downtown post office in Kent, Washington was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1940, houses New Deal artwork inside and is still in use as the city's downtown post office today, though retail operations are housed in a newer addition to the building.

Constructed in 1937.

The post office in Keyser, West Virginia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935. The building is still in service.  The design is simple brick Modern with a flat roof and slightly recessed arch over the entry. The interior has been altered, but the elaborate old mailboxes are still there, and the floor appears to be original.