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  • Post Office - Renovo PA
    The historic post office building in Renovo, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened in , houses a New Deal mural in the lobby and is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Rensselaer IN
    The historic Rensselaer post office was constructed ca. 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Rhinebeck NY
    The Rhinebeck post office was built in 1939 in the stone Dutch Colonial style popular around the Hudson Valley. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who took a lively interest in the local architecture in Dutchess County, his family's ancestral home, insisted that the model for this post office should be "Kipsbergen," an 18th century Rhinebeck home occupied by his ancestors, the Beekmans.  That house had burned in the early 20th century; some of its stones were used in construction of the post office. FDR, Postmaster General James Farley and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. were all present at the dedication ceremony on May...
  • Post Office - Rice Lake WI
    Constructed in 1936.
  • Post Office - Richfield Springs NY
    The historic post office building in Richfield Springs, New York, "was built in 1941-1942, 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 one story, five bay building with a granite clad foundation, brick facades laid in common bond and limestone trim. The roof is surmounted by an octagonal cupola with metal window tracery and a decorative iron weathervane. The building displays Colonial Revival style details. The interior features an untitled 1942 mural by artist John W. Taylor depicting...
  • Post Office - Richmond CA
    The post office in the old downtown of Richmond, CA was built by the Treasury Department in 1938. It is an elegant example of Moderne (Art Deco) architecture of the age. Richmond's downtown, including buildings around the post office, was cleared away  by the city's massive (and ill-considered) urban renewal program of the 1960s.  Then, the interior of the post office was gutted in a 1976 renovation. Happily, the exterior retains its original appearance. In 2017, the USPS threatened to close this post office, but popular protest led the city of Richmond to protest and the branch remains in operation. It future...
  • Post Office - Richmond MO
    The Treasury Department funded the construction of this post office, designed by Louis Simon, in 1936. It features a modern deco design with flat stone around the entryway, tall windows, and modern light fixtures flanking the entry. Above the windows towards the north and south sides of the front, there are propellers emphasizing the use of air mail. There is no mural in this post office.
  • Post Office - Richwood WV
    The historic post office in Richwood, West Virginia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1937, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Ridgefield Park NJ
    The Ridgefield Park, New Jersey post office was constructed with federal funds. The building is still in use today. A New Deal mural, “Washington Bridge,” hangs in the lobby. It was painted by Thomas Donnelly in 1937.
  • Post Office - Ridgewood NJ
    The historic post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Rifle CO
    "Constructed in 1940, the building is the most detailed and complete of the five identified, small Colonial Revival influenced post offices in Colorado. George Vander Sluis painted the mural, entitled Colorado Landscape, in 1942 as a WPA project."   (www.historycolorado.org)
  • Post Office - Ripley TN
    The Ripley post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.
  • Post Office - Ripley WV
    New Deal post office with the standard cornerstone, erected in 1940. According to a National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, the structure was built circa 1940. "One-story, side gable, post office building with engaged, end chimneys. There are three, one-story, flat roof additions on the rear; the one on the rear is a loading dock. Asphalt shingle roof. Partial return cornice. Dentiled cornice with plain frieze. Red brick façade. Double central entrance doors flanked by a pair of 12/12 windows with concrete sills. Entrance door has undivided transom and decorative surround with fluted pilasters with caps and plinth block with...
  • Post Office - Riverside NJ
    The historic post office building in Riverside, New Jersey was constructed in 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Riverton WY
    The historic post office in Riverton, Wyoming was constructed in 1940-1 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Roaring Spring PA
    The historic post office in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1941. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Robstown TX
    The historic post office in Robstown, Texas was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Rock Falls IL
    This post office was constructed with Treasury funds circa 1937-1938.
  • Post Office - Rockdale TX
    The historic post office in Rockdale, Texas was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Rockford MI
    The historic post office in Rockford, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Rockmart GA
    The historic post office in Rockmart, Georgia 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.
  • Post Office - Rockport MA
    The historic post office building in Rockport, Massachusetts was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1938. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Rockville Centre NY
    The historic post office building in Rockville Centre, New York "was built in 1937 and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster (1890-1958) for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story building clad with brick and trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. It features an Art Deco style grill above the main entrance doors." (Wikipedia)
  • Post Office - Rockville IN
    The historic post office in Rockville, Indiana, was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937, under the supervision of architect Louis Simon and engineer Neil Melick. The building is the site of Milton Avery's 1939 mural, "Landscape." Construction of the building is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.
  • Post Office - Rockwell City IA
    The post office in Rockwell City was completed in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department with Louis A. Simon as the supervising architect and Neal Melick as the supervising engineer. It is also the site of John Sharp's 1941 mural, "Summer," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Rockwood TN
    The Rockwood post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.
  • Post Office - Rocky Ford CO
    "A project of the Public Works Administration (PWA), the Rocky Ford Post Office is associated with President Franklin Roosevelts New Deal legislative agenda. The federal government used the construction of new post offices to aid the economy through expenditures for materials and construction crews. The only PWA project in Rocky Ford, it provided the town with its first purpose-built post office. Designed by the U.S. Treasury Departments Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon, the Neo-classically-inspired building is simple and restrained. It has been the only post office in Rocky Ford...
  • Post Office - Rocky Mount VA
    The historic post office in Rocky Mount, Virginia was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Rogers City MI
    The post office in Rogers City 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 James Calder's 1941 mural, "Harbor at Rogers City," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Rosenberg TX
    The historic post office in Rosenberg, Texas was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Roseville CA
    The historic post office in Roseville, California was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Royal Oak MI
    The historic post office in Royal Oak, Michigan was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Rugby ND
    The post office in Rugby, North Dakota was constructed using Treasury Department funds and opened in 1940.  Its lobby features a Section of Fine Arts mural by Kenneth Callahan.
  • Post Office - Rushville IL
    The post office in Rushville was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Rainey Bennett's 1939 mural, "Hart Fellows, Builder of Rushville," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Rusk TX
    The historic post office in Rusk, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1938, houses New Deal artwork inside and is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Russell KS
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1939, the Russell post office is also the site of Martyl Schweig's 1940 mural, "Wheat Workers," painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office - Russellville AL
    The historic post office in Russellville, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service today.
  • Post Office - Rutherford NJ
    The main post office in Rutherford, New Jersey was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1936, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Rye NY
    The historic post office building in Rye, New York "was built in 1935 and designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon. It is a one story symmetrical flat roofed building in the Colonial Revival style. The front facade features a central, recessed entrance with broad limestone surround and shallow decorated cornice."
  • Post Office - Sabetha KS
    The stately historic post office in Sabetha, Kansas was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1936. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
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