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New Deal Category: Administrative Buildings

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Post Office and Federal Building – Salina KS

The Salina United States Post Office and Federal Building (c. 1937-1938) is located at 211 W. Iron in Salina, Saline County, Kansas. The two story, flat roofed, limestone building has a northern facade orientation. The building measures approximately one hundred… read more

Project type: Administrative Buildings, Federal Courthouses, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

Public Health Service Laboratory – Hamilton MT

The federal government under F.D.R. constructed a large new health research complex in Hamilton, Montana, with construction completed in 1940. The laboratory had originally been housed in a “two-story empty school building.” NIH: “After its successful work with spotted fever… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings, Education and Health
Agency: Treasury Department

Robert N. C. Nix Federal Building – Philadelphia PA

The monumental Moderne-style Robert N. C. Nix Federal Building, sometimes known as the William Penn Annex, was constructed under the auspices of the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1937 and 1941. Its exterior features multiple examples of New Deal… read more

Project type: Administrative Buildings, Federal Courthouses, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Switzer Memorial Building (former Railroad Retirement Board) – Washington DC

Mary E. Switzer Building - Washington DC

The Mary E. Switzer Building was originally built for the Railroad Retirement Board in 1940. The building was constructed in conjunction with the original Social Security headquarters, now the Wilbur J. Cohen building.  The two stand across C street from… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
Agency: Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Tax Office Building (former) Hale Auhau – Honolulu HI

A Public Works Administration grant of $97,795 funded new construction work on the Tax Office building in Honolulu. The work was underway in 1938. Listed as Docket No. TH-1035-DS, the project was part of the PWA’s non-federal projects expenditure for… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

The White House: Emergency Snow Removal – Washington DC

 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees removed snow from the grounds of the White House after a snowstorm in March 1941.

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

The White House: West Wing Expansion – Washington DC

In 1934, the Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the expansion of the White House West Wing, which houses the Executive Offices of the President of the United States.  The West Wing contains the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, Situation Room, and… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Truman Federal Building (State Department) – Washington DC

The present Harry S. Truman Federal Building consists of two monumental halves. The first was built under the New Deal for the War Department in 1940-41 (and is still commonly referred to as the War Department building).  When the War… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Federal Works Agency (FWA), Public Buildings Administration (PBA), Treasury Department

U.S. Court and Custom House – St. Louis MO

United States Court House and Custom House, St. Louis, MO

The U.S. Court and Custom House in St. Louis was constructed using U.S. Treasury Department funds between 1933 and 1935. “The U.S. Court/Custom House is located at Tucker and Market Streets. The building has 1/2 Egyptian Style columns in a… read more

Project type: Administrative Buildings, Federal Courthouses, Federal Facilities
Agency: Treasury Department

U.S. Courthouse and Custom House Addition – Louisville KY

Now known as the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse and Custom House, the historic United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House in Louisville, Kentucky was constructed in 1931-2, before the advent of the New Deal. However, in “1936, with… read more

Project type: Administrative Buildings, Federal Courthouses, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)

U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building – Peoria IL

“Built in 1938 of limestone and granite, the three-story, 118,000-square-foot Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Peoria, Ill., was designed in the Art Moderne style, a streamlined look popular from the late 1920s through the mid 1940s. Public areas feature… read more

Project type: Administrative Buildings, Federal Courthouses, Federal Facilities
Agency: Treasury Department

U.S. Custom House – Naco AZ

“The Custom House at Naco was constructed in 1936 with funds from the Public Works Administration. Louis Simon, architect for the Public Buildings Branch of the Treasury Department, designed the Custom House in the Pueblo Revival style. The two-story building… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings, Border Inspection Stations
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

U.S. Post Office and Office Building Additions – Hilo HI

Designed by Henry O. Whitfield in 1915, the U.S. Post Office and Office Building underwent a large expansion during the New Deal. “In 1936 the Treasury Department designed two 3-story wing additions for the main (south) side of the building…. read more

Project type: Administrative Buildings, Federal Courthouses, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

U.S. Treasury Building: Improvements and Expansion – Washington DC

Two major improvements were made to the U.S. Treasury Department building in 1933-34, using funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA) and under the supervision of the newly created Procurement Division of the Treasury Department.  The first major improvement… read more

Project type: Administrative Buildings, Federal Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Treasury Department

Udall Department of the Interior Building – Washington DC

C Street entrance, Udall Department of Interior Building - Washington DC

The Department of the Interior was the first federal building in Washington, D.C. fully authorized, designed, and built under the Franklin Roosevelt Administration. It was the brainchild of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, probably the most powerful member of… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Treasury Department

United States Census Bureau Headquarters (former) – Suitland MD

This large office building in the Suitland Federal Center –also known as Federal Office Buildings #3 – was constructed by the Public Building Administration (a branch of the Federal Works Agency) in 1941-1942 to be the headquarters of the U.S…. read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings
Agency: Public Buildings Administration (PBA), Federal Works Agency (FWA)
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