Federal Facilities Sites

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 post office in International Falls, Minnesota was built in 1934-5 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. The facility's facade has received an ungainly remodeling by way of a large, protruding entrance.

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, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, was dedicated on Sept. 1, 1941 and is still in service.

The historic post office in Jasper, Indiana was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, 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 in Jefferson City, Tennessee was built in 1939-40 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The stately and historic post office in Jefferson, Iowa was built in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

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.

The stately and historic main post office in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania was completed in 1941 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has been relocated.

The historic post office in downtown Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (then known as Mauch Chunk) was constructed during the Great Depression with Treasury Department funds. The general contractor was William F. Sutter of Nescopeck, PA. The building bears a 1935 cornerstone, and the building was occupied in 1937. The building is still in service. Mauch Chunk was renamed Jim Thorpe in 1954.

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

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 historic post office in Kenova, West Virginia was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The handsome building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

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.

he historic post office in Kingstree, South Carolina was constructed and completed in 1938 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

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 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.

The stately post office in La Grange, Texas was constructed ca. 1936-1937. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

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 by the Treasury Department in 1935, this New Deal post office is still in service. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has since been painted over.