Treasury Department Sites

The North Bergen post office was constructed in 1939 with New Deal funds. A mural by Avery Johnson, “Purchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians,” was installed in 1942.

The historic post office in North Manchester, Indiana was constructed with Treasury Department funds ca. 1936. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

This post office in North St. Paul was constructed circa 1938 with the help of New Deal funds. North St. Paul is a small municipality close to, but separate from, St. Paul, MN.

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

The historic post office in Northfield, Minnesota was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic Northfield post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office building in Northport, New York was designed by Louis A. Simon in conjunction with the United States Treasury Department. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Construction began in 1935 and the building opened in 1936.

The historic post office building in Northumberland, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and opened in 1941. The building, which houses a New Deal bas relief sculpture in its lobby, is still in use today.

The historic main post office in Norwalk, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The post office in Norwood, MA was constructed during the opening months of the New Deal in 1933.

The historic post office in Nowata, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1940 and is still in use today.

Nutley, New Jersey's historic branch post office was built in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds.

The O'Neill United States Post Office is a one-story, brick building constructed in 1937 in the Georgian Revival style by the US Treasury Department.

The historic post office building in New Lexington, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and completed in 1939. The building, which houses a New Deal mural inside, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Oak Hill, West Virginia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1936, houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in service.

The Oak Park post office was designed to accommodate the village’s growing population which rose from 39,858 in 1920 to 80,000 in 1930. Congress appropriated $600,000 prior to new deal legislation in 1931 with an additional $70,000 appropriated in 1935 to complete the project which had been delayed. The post office sits on a prominent parcel of downtown Oak Park which was purchased at a cost of $175,000 from the George R. Hemingway brokerage office. The building was dedicated on August 21, 1936 and remains an active post office today.

The historic post office in Oakdale, Louisiana was constructed in 1936 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.

The post office in Oakes, North Dakota was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1935, is still in use today.

A cornerstone on the Oakland, Maryland Post Office shows it to be a project of the Federal Works Administration from 1940.

The historic post office building in Oakmont, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1941. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

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

The Oberlin post office was constructed using Treasury Department funds and opened in late 1934.

The Treasury Department funded the construction of the Post Office in Ocean City, NJ.

This post office, constructed by the federal government in 1935, is home to Elsie Seeds's 1937 mural, "Air Mail," and Stuart Holmes's 1936 wood carving, "Eagle," both for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Constructed by the Treasury in 1936.

Built in 1937 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The post office in Okemah was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Walter Richard "Dick" West's 1941 mural, "Grand Council of 1842," completed with funds provided by the federal government and viewable in the lobby.  

This post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937. It briefly contained a New Deal mural painted by Harold Egan.    

The historic post office in Omak, Washington was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed ca. 1935, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Onancock, Virginia was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The Onawa, Iowa post office was constructed with Treasury Department funds. "The first post office in the Monona County seat of Onawa was established in 1855 and consisted of a few boxes in the corner of the Fairchild General Store. After locations in a number of local storefronts, bids were opened for a standalone post office building in May 1936. The contract was awarded to the H.W. Underhill Construction Company of Wichita, Kansas, on August 20, 1936. Work was completed at a cost of $49,720 in April 1937." (Iowa Backroads) A New Deal mural entitled "Soil Erosion and Control" was installed in...

The cornerstone of this 1940 New Deal post office lists John M. Carmody as the Federal Works Administrator and W. Engelbert Reynolds as the Commisioner of Public Buildings.

New Deal post office constructed in 1936.

The historic post office building in Orange, Massachusetts was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened for business in 1938, is still in use today.

The post office in Orange, Virginia was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. It is also the site of Arnold Friedman's 1937 mural, "Upland Pastures," painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Louis A. Simon was the Supervising Architect and Neal A. Melick was the Supervising Engineer.

The post office in Ord, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1940, is still in use today.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1939-1940.

The Renaissance-revival style post office in Oroville CA was begun under President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and completed under President Roosevelt in 1933.  It is not known what portion of the funding came from the New Deal, but possibly less than half. The exterior and interior of the building are still in fine condition with original detailing. The supervising architect of the Treasury Department at the time was Frederick Meyer, but there may have been a local architect involved in the project, as was often the case.

The historic post office in Orrville, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The building, which houses an example of new Deal artwork, is still in service.