Civic Facilities Sites

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."

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 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 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.

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 (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 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.

Built by 1940.

The branch post office in Kingston, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1938-9. The building is still in use today. A 1941 Section of Fine Arts-funded tempera painting titled "Anthracite Coal" was painted by George Harding and hangs in the lobby.

"Post office built in 1937. An addition was made in 1983. A New Deal mural entitled "Rice Growing" hangs in the lobby."   (flickr)

The historic post office in Kingsville, Texas was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

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

The historic post office in Knoxville, Iowa 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 New Deal Post Office in La Grange was constructed circa 1936-1937.

The La Jolla post office is a fine example of Mission Revival architecture, which was wildly popular in Southern California in the interwar period.  Many New Deal buildings in the region adopted this prevailing style.  The La Jolla post office is built of concrete, covered with stucco and roofed with terra cotta tiles – except on the flat-roof wings.   This post office was jointly funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA) and Treasury Department (US Post Office) -- possibly because the PWA invested heavily in Southern California in the wake of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Short and Brown observe, "This...

The post office in La Plata, Missouri was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The front wall below the roofline has stone bas reliefs depicting three forms of post office delivery:  train, air, and ship.

Constructed in 1939.

The historic Lake George, NY post office was constructed during the Great Depression with federal funds. It is still in use today. "In 1938 Congress appropriated $75,000 for the current post office as part of an ongoing relief effort during the Great Depression. The land was acquired and construction began the next year. The new post office was opened for business early in 1941. Louis Simon, the supervising architect at the Treasury Department, used the Colonial Revival style, standard for most post offices in small communities across the country at that time. Notable features of that style in the Lake George...

The historic post office building in Lake Placid, 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 story, five bay steel framed building on a raised foundation with a cast stone watertable and clad in orange / buff colored brick. The interior features a group of murals executed in 1937 by Henry Billings."

The historic post office in Lake Providence, Louisiana was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. It was completed in 1940. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

"In August, 1937, Congress passed an appropriation bill providing a $23 million lump sum for construction of public buildings. Included in the allocation was $75,000 for a new post office for Lake Village, the seat of the Chicot County, Arkansas’ southeasternmost county. Though details of construction could not be located, the building apparently was completed by 1939."

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