Federal Facilities Sites

The Hayward WI post office was constructed by the Treasury in 1940.

Hazlehurst's Colonial Revival style post office is similar to many of the New Deal post offices constructed in Mississippi. The builder, Blair, Algernon Construction Company, was responsible for a large number of Mississippi post offices during that time. The building featured English bond brick pattern, wooden fluted Doric pilasters, a cast metal eagle over the door, terrazzo tile floor, marble wainscoting, and wooden vestibule (Enzweiler, 1992).

The Moderne building was constructed in 1937. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is also the site of the 1939 mural, "Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping the Train."

This New Deal post office was built in 1937. It remains in 'mint condition' to this day, with the interior looking exactly as it did in the 1930s (2017).  The building on is on the National Register of Historic Places (as part of the Helper Historic District) and marked with a cornerstone and a plaque. The plaque mistakenly attributes the building to the WPA, but all post offices were built by the Treasury Department at the time (as the cornerstone clearly states). It contains Jenn Magafan's 1941 mural, "Western Town," painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

This historic post office in Hereford, Texas was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1939-40. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, has since been extended. It is still in service.

"The Herington Post Office was constructed by the PWA for $55,000. It was dedicated on December 12, 1935 and occupied on January 1, 1936. It contains one of six New Deal post office murals by Louis Freund. Supervising architect was Louis A. Simon. Supervising engineer was Neal A. Melick."

The historic post office in Herkimer, New York "was designed and built in 1933-1934 by consulting architect Ross Edgar Sluyter for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. It is a one story, seven bay building faced with red brick laid in Flemish bond above a granite clad foundation in the Colonial Revival style. The five central bays are formed as a central pavilion and faced in terra cotta marked by Corinthian order pilasters." Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, the building is still in use today.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935.

The post office in Hettinger, North Dakota was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1938, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Hickman, Kentucky was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

Constructed by the US Treasury Department in 1936.

The historic branch post office in Highland Park, Michigan was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.

The historic post office in Hodgenville, Kentucky was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Hoisington, Kansas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed ca. 1936, houses New Deal artwork inside and is still in use today.

The historic post office in Holdenville, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was completed in 1935 and is still in use today.

The historic post office in Hollis, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1940 and is still in use today.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934. This is an elaborate building with a large amount of marble on the interior, art deco moulding, a bas relief eagle above the door, and reliefs in the wall on the front highlighting transportation and the mail.

The historic post office building in Homer, New York "was built in 1937-1938 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, steel frame, five bay rectangular building clad in brick on a stucco clad foundation in the Colonial Revival style." The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office building in Honeoye Falls, New York "was designed and built in 1940, 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. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, the building is still in use today.

This classic New Deal post office was constructed with Treasury Department funding, in conjunction with Public Works Administration (PWA), in 1935. The building, PWA Federal Project 332, houses a series of New Deal murals. "On April 1, 1935 ground was broken for the present brick post office. In December 1935 equipment was moved into the building and the dedication was held December 13, 1935. The land was purchased for $8,500 and the cost to build was $60,000."   (https://www.waynehistorypa.org/plid/173)

The Hood River post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934-1935. It is still in service. A historical marker attached to the post office reads: "From 1901 to 1935, the Hood River United States Post Office occupied the ground floor of the Masonic Hall at 210 Second Street. This post office building was completed in September 1935 after the United States government allocated $90,000 for its construction. Erected by Hoffman Construction Company, the building was designed with elements of the popular 1930s Modernistic Style that include a flat roof, large metal sash windows with geometric designs above, and decorative...

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

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

The historic United States Post Office and Custom House building in Houlton, Maine was constructed between 1934 and 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which has been largely remodeled and expanded, continues to serve as the post office, in addition to other, including private, purposes.

Colonial Revival style; 1 story, red-brick building with cupola. Funded by the Public Building Administration of the Federal Works Agency.

The historic post office in Hubbard, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office building in Hudson Falls, 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 hand one half story, five bay, steel frame building clad in red brick."

This 1935 New Deal post office still boasts the official Henry Morgenthau Jr. cornerstone.

Built in 1939.

The post office in Hutchinson 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 Elsa Jemne's 1942 mural, "The Hutchinson Singers," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

The historic Hyannis post office was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

"The Hyattsville Post Office is a one-story brick building constructed over a full basement, located on Gallatin Street in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland. The Colonial Revival building consists of a central, three-bay block flanked by smaller one-bay flat-roofed pavilions. It was constructed in 1935 and remains in active use."

The Hyde Park Post Office "... is a stone building modeled on an early house in the region. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a native of Hyde Park, took a personal interest in the construction of the new building during the New Deal. A series of murals inside depict major events in local history. In 1988 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places." (Wikipedia) The building was funded by the US Treasury and constructed in 1941.

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."

The post office in Independence was completed in 1935 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Robert Tabor's 1938 mural, "Postman in Storm," painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

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 Post Office in Inglewood CA was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935. It was needed because of damage to the previous post office in the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 and cost $210,000 (Gnerre 2022) The design of this two-story building is Classical Moderne, with clean, square lines, flat roof tall window openings and a stucco finish. There are lovely bas-relief sculptures over the recessed front entrance and in the front window openings between stories.  There is a carved wooden mural inside. (see linked pages) New Deal era post offices were all built by the Treasury Department, never by the Works...

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.