Civic Facilities Sites

The Williamston Post Office opened in 1939, and was built with funding from the Treasury Department. It also houses a mural by Phillip Von Saltza depicting the Wright Brothers' first airplane test flight.

The historic post office in Williamstown, Kentucky was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1941. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

Phone: (847) 251-6039 Access Hours: M-F 8:30-5:30, Sat 8-3 The post office is home to the mural, "In the Soil Is Our Wealth," painted by Raymond Breinin through the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938.

The post office in Winchendon, Massachusetts was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1941, is still in use today. A New Deal-funded wood relief titled "Industry and Landscape of Winchendon" hangs in the lobby. It was created by Minna Harkavy in 1942.

Constructed by the US Treasury in 1935.

The post office in Wolfeboro was completed in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Andrew Winter's 1938 mural, "New Hampshire Sugar Camp," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.

The historic post office in Woodsfield, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1938. The building, which houses an example of new Deal artwork, is still in service.

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

The post office in Worthington was constructed in 1938 with Treasury Department funds. It is also the site of Vernon Carlock's "Scioto County Settler," sculpted in 1939.

The historic post office building in Yellow Springs, Ohio was constructed with U.S. Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building, which features a New Deal mural in the lobby, is still in use today.

The main post office in Yuba City was built in 1939-1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department and Federal Work Administration. The style is vaguely Modernist Spanish Revival (red roof but minimalist columns).  An annex has been added (left side, facing) and the facade appears to have been resurfaced, not to good effect. Part of the interior is intact. In the lobby is Lulu Braghetta's wood sculpture, "The Wealth of Sutter County," completed in 1942 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

New Deal funds helped to construct a new post office for Cliffside Park in 1935. However, the building is no longer extant; postal operations moved to a new facility during the late 1990s and the building was demolished in the 2000s. The location of the old post office's “Rural Delivery,” a 1938 plaster relief by Bruno Neri is presently unknown to Living New Deal.

The historic post office building in Fairport, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1938, housed a example of New Deal artwork inside. Living New Deal believes the facility to have been located at S. Main St. and Church St., and that the building has been demolished.

The historic former post office building in Alpine, Texas was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. According to a plaque the building served as Alpine's post office "from June 24, 1938 to September 2000. In 1998, with the help of Congressman Henry Bonilla, Brewster County was able to acquire the building. After renovation by the County, the building was rededicated to public use on July 4, 2002." The building houses an example of New Deal artwork.

From Flickr user Courthouselover in 2012: "Built in 1940, this former post office today acts as the Alvin Historical Museum. The old mural that once hung in this post office's lobby today is rolled up in storage awaiting restoration." Since then, the mural has been restored, thanks to the efforts of former Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan and his wife Ruth. It now hangs in the museum.

The historic former post office building in Amherst, Ohio was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork, and now houses the nonprofit: Main Street Amherst.

The former post office in Arlington, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. (Construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.) The building contains an example of New Deal artwork: "Gathering Pecans." Having since been sold, the building is now privately owned; it is presently home to Worthington National Bank.

This former post office building was constructed by the Treasury Department for Ashland in 1940. The building is still standing, but is now privately owned.

The historic post office building in Baldwinsville, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1937, housed a New Deal mural (since relocated to the present post office in Baldwinsville). The New Deal post office is now privately owned.

The historic former post office building in Baxley, Georgia was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building now serves as Appling County's Magistrate Court.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938. The post office eventually moved to Blum Court. This building now houses the Historical Society of Harford County.

The historic former post office building in Bentonville, Arkansas was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building presently houses court functions for Benton County. As of 2025 a plan to potentially demolish the structure (proposed in 2016) has not come to pass.

The historic New Deal post office building in Bethesda MD – sometimes misattributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) – was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937. The Neo-Georgian building was constructed out of native stone trucked in from Stoneyhurst Quarries on River Road... (www.bethesdamagazine.com) The post office remained in use until 2012, when "faced with mounting financial difficulties, the USPS  closed it in 2012 and sold it for $4 million to the Donohoe Companies." The New Deal mural from the post office has been restored and was relocated to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center in 2013.

The historic former post office in Big Spring, Texas was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, presently serves as the 118th District Courthouse.

This former post office was built with Treasury funding in 1940. The building has been sold and now contains private offices. The mural is still on display and may be viewed with permission of the owner.

The Old Borger post office, located at the northeast corner of 5th Ave. and Diehl Streets, is now privately owned. The Hutchinson County Herald stated that the PWA allotted $53,900 in funding the the building.

The Transylvania County Administration building at 101 South Broad Street in Brevard, North Carolina was originally constructed as a New Deal post office. The post office was one of several similar Federal/Greek Revival-style facilities in western North Carolina. Per The Transylvania Times: "On Aug. 3, 1938 bids were received on 10 sites available in the downtown Brevard. A lot on the corner of Broad and Morgan streets was purchased from Mrs. Beulah Zachary for $4,000 on May 5, 1939. Groundbreaking took place on May 6, 1940. The Post Office began operating from the building in January 1941." "The building served as the...

The historic former post office in Cairo, Georgia was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, now houses the Grady County Board of Education. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has since been relocated.

In 1936, the Campbellsville post office was built with funding from the Treasury Department. It is currently the home of the legal firm Bertram, Cox, and Miller. The murals once installed in the post office are listed as destroyed.

The historic New Deal former post office in Canton, North Carolina was constructed ca. 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which is not privately owned, also houses an example of New Deal artwork.

The historic former post office in Center, Texas was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork (since relocated to the current Center post office), is now privately owned.

The historic former post office in Chelsea, Michigan was constructed ca. 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is no longer a post office; its present use is unknown to Living New Deal.

The historic Claremore, Oklahoma post office (later Federal Building) was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was completed in 1935 and was in disuse as of 2009.

The former Depression-era post office in Conyers, Georgia was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has since been relocated. While the building's current address can be given as 920 South Main St. NE, today it is more easily identified as the structure at the eastern corner of the intersection of North Main St. NW and Milstead Ave. NE. After the post office relocated the county acquired the building, and has since connected multiple disparate buildings into part of an interconnected complex that includes the county courthouse. (Contrary to what...

Now the Covington School Board Annex, Covington, Louisiana's then-new post office was constructed with U.S. Treasury Department funds during the Great Depression. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, was completed in 1938.

"When construction was completed in 1940, Crossett reveled in the addition of the 'pleasing green' stucco building that was designed using a combination of Art Deco, Greek Revival, and International architectural syles" (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program). The post office cost $70,000 to build, and housed the post office until 1968. The postal service sold the building to the city for $1 to house the new public library. The library remained in the building until 2002, and the former post office is currently home to the Crossett Economic Development Foundation. "In terms of design, this is a building built decades ahead of...

The historic post office in Crossville, Tennessee was built in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, today serves as Cumberland County's Milo Lemert Memorial Building (as designated in 1991).

The historic former post office building in Dalhart, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1934. The building is now privately owned.

Now known as the Hendricks County Probation Court Building, Danville, Indiana's old post office was constructed ca. 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds during the Great Depression. A New Deal mural commissioned for the building still resides there today.