Main Post Office – Santa Barbara CA
The main post office in Santa Barbara was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936. The lobby contains a set of bas-relief murals and remains in its original condition.
Main Post Office – St. Louis MO
This large post office was constructed by the US Treasury Department between 1935 and 1937. Note the extensive use of inlaid depictions of postal service, state of the art at the time. Inside, the grillwork is lush as are the… read more
Main Post Office (former) – Fresno CA
Formerly Fresno’s Main Post Office and subsequently its Downtown Station post office, building presently houses the Fresno United School District Education Center. “The U.S. Post Office building housed the main post office branch, as well as Federal courtroom sand offices,… read more
Main Post Office (former) – Philadelphia PA
Originally constructed as Treasury Department project and completed in 1935, Philadelphia’s large Art Deco 30th St. post office served the community for many years, before being left vacant in 2006. It has since been converted into a modern office building…. read more
Main Post Office (former) – Reno NV
The Reno Main Post Office no longer occupies this building and has moved to a location on Vassar Street. The original post office (the subject of this post) was sold to a local development group in August 2012 and is now being leased as… read more
Main Post Office (former) Addition and Improvements – Stamford CT
Stamford’s main post office (which was later renamed the Atlantic Street Station post office) was constructed 1916-1917 and was a unique design. Additional improvements were made with federal funding in the 1930s. The building was listed on the National Register… read more
Main Post Office Addition – Mount Vernon NY
The historic (and current) main post office in Mount Vernon, New York was originally constructed in 1915. The building received an extension as part of a New Deal project completed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. Work was overseen… read more
Manchester Post Office – Manchester MA
The Manchester Post Office was built with Treasury Department funds in 1940.
Maritime Commission Hospital (former) Additions – Portland ME
From Joseph Conforti’s Creating Portland: “The Public Works Administration constructed a number of staff residences and dormitories on the campus of the existing Maritime Commission hospital, which was completed in 1859.” From Joseph Conforti’s Creating Portland: “The Public Works Administration… read more
Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center – Berkeley CA
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Building was originally constructed for the federal Farm Credit Administration, a New Deal agency. It was built between 1938 and 194o, hence started under the Treasury Department (which handled federal buildings at the time)… read more
Massachusetts State Building Mural – Springfield MA
Many of the projects of the New Deal involved large scale public works projects that required hundreds of workers. While this type of project was incredibly important to help alleviate widespread unemployment, there was also a belief that the United… read more
McCormick’s Creek State Park Recreation Center / Nature Museum – Spencer IN
In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Recreation Center at McCormick’s Creek State Park. The building served as the CCC’s Camp 589 Recreation Hall. After the CCC vacated the camp, a WPA project adapted it into a nature museum in… read more
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge – Medicine Lake MT
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in northeastern Montana between the Missouri River and the Canadian border. Medicine Lake NWR encompasses 31,702 acres and consists of the 28,438-acre north tract, which includes Medicine Lake, and seventeen smaller water units…. read more
Mell Hall (Old Post Office) – Clemson SC
Mell Hall was constructed as the Clemson post office in 1940; as such its construction was funded by the federal Treasury Department. After postal operations relocated the building became part of the Clemson University campus, and it now serves as… read more
Meshomasic State Forest – Portland CT
Meshomasic State Forest, the first such entity in all of New England, was improved and developed by the efforts of two C.C.C. camps: Camp Jenkins (C.C.C. Company #181), in operation from June 14, 1933 to Jan. 1, 1936; and Camp… read more
Metropolitan Park – Tucumcari NM
The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) developed Tucumcari Metropolitan Park, a.k.a. Five Mile Park, in Tucumcari, New Mexico. “At one time Tucumcari Metropolitan Park had the largest outdoor pool in the entire state of New Mexico, a playground with lots of equipment,… read more
Metropolitan Station Post Office – Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn, New York’s Metropolitan Station post office (originally known as Station A) was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935-6. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, the building is “a two-story, flat roofed brick building with… read more
Michael J. Dillon U.S. Courthouse – Buffalo NY
The Art Moderne Michael J. Dillon U.S. Courthouse in Buffalo, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was constructed in 1936 and is still in use today.
Mills-Norrie State Park – Staatsburg NY
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worked to develop what is now Mills-Norrie State Park during the 1930s.
Milltown Inspection Station (former) – Calais ME
The historic U.S. Border Inspection Station at Milltown International Bridge in Calais, Maine was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The Neo-Classical facility was completed in January 1939. The facility was altered and later replaced in 2014.
Mineola Historical Museum (Old Post Office) – Mineola TX
The post office in Mineola was built in 1936 under the Public Works Administration (PWA) program and was designed by architects at the U.S. Treasury Department. It continued to be used as a post office until 1998. It is now… read more
Mission Historical Museum – Mission TX
The Mission Historical Museum was constructed as the city’s post office in 1940. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork.
Missouri Valley Post Office – Missouri Valley IA
The Missouri Valley Post Office was constructed with the help of New Deal funds in 1937.
Monongahela National Forest: Camp Nicholas P-53 – WV
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built Camp Nicholas P-53 in the Monongahela National Forest. Pictured are CCC crews carrying out construction activities in 1935.
Monongahela National Forest: CCC Camp Barracks – Lead Mine WV
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built camp barracks in the Monongahela National Forest, in 1933. Pictured are CCC crews and barracks under construction photographed by E.S. Shipp in September 1933. This is likely Camp Nicholas P-53.
Monongahela National Forest: Road Construction – WV
The Civilian Conservation Corps built a road in the Monongahela National Forest. The company likely belonged to Camp Nicholas P-53.
Moon Lake Project: CCC Camp – Bridgeland UT
The US Bureau of Reclamation built the Moon Lake Reclamation Project in 1935-41, with the assistance of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). It provides irrigation water for the the Moon Lake Water Users Association in the Duchesne Valley of northeastern Utah…. read more
Moran State Park – Olga WA
Moran State Park opened in 1921 when Robert Moran, shipbuilder and former mayor of Seattle, donated more than 2,700-acres to the state for a park. Most of the trails, roads, bridges, and buildings in the park were built by the… read more
Morgan Park Post Office – Chicago IL
The historic Morgan Park post office in Chicago, Illinois was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The building is still in service.
Morgan-Monroe State Forest CCC Camp – Martinsville IN
Extensive remnants of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, constructed between 1933 and 1938; concrete foundations, roadbeds, ditches, excavations- overgrown and with a more recent pared road bisecting the area. This site encompasses a larger area and more extensive remnants than… read more
Morris Heights Station Post Office – Bronx NY
The historic Morris Heights Station post office in the Bronx, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The building is still in use today.
Morrisania Station Post Office – Bronx NY
The Morrisania Station post office of the Bronx, New York (originally constructed as New York, New York’s Station T post office in the Bronx) “is a historic post office building located at Morrisania in The Bronx, New York, United States…. read more
Mott Haven Station Post Office – Bronx NY
The historic Mott Haven Station post office in the Bronx on East 139th St. was one of several post offices in the borough constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the New Deal era. The post office was initially known as New York, New… read more
Mount Ascutney State Park – Windsor VT
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed Vermont’s Mt. Ascutney State Park starting in 1935.
Mount Elden CCC Camp – Flagstaff AZ
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp NP-12 was established at the base of Mt Elden, near Flagstaff AZ, in 1935. The camp continued through 1942. Company 3345 was billeted there (and possibly others, but we have no evidence of that, as… read more
Mount Greylock State Reservation – Lanesborough MA
The CCC conducted extensive work on Mount Greylock State Reservation between 1933 and 1942. From the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: “The Mount Greylock Summit, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, contains an exceptional collection… read more
Mount Rainier National Park – WA
Mount Rainier was the nation’s fifth National Park, established 1899. During the Great Depression the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps greatly aided the park’s development. NPS.gov: “The Civilian Conservation Corps was busily building and repairing park lands and structures from… read more
Mount Spokane State Park – WA
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worked to develop Mount Spokane State Park during the 1930s.
Mt. Madonna CCC Camp – Almaden CA
This camp was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers for training and occupied by the 450th Company, P-234 October 15, 1937 near the old quicksilver mines of Almaden at the site of the ghost town of English Camp. Work… read more