Federal Facilities Sites

The historic post office building in Portland, Connecticut was constructed using federal Treasury Department funds. A Section of Fine Arts mural hangs in the lobby. The building, which was completed in 1942, is still in use today.

The historic and striking New Deal post office in Portsmouth, Ohio was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which is still in use, houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork.

The historic post office in Poteau, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was constructed in 1936-7 and is still in use today.

The magnificent Poughkeepsie post office was built by the Treasury Department as part of the New Deal in 1937-39.  The architecture is a kind of colonial revival done in the rough stone style of the Dutch settlers of the Hudson Valley.  The post office lobby contains exceptional murals  depicting six scenes in local and state history (see accompanying mural page). The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. FDR took a keen interest in post offices near his family home in Hyde Park.  As the wikipedia entry describes it: "The building was the second of five post offices...

The historic post office in Powell, Wyoming was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed ca. 1938, houses an example of New Deal artwork inside and is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936.

The historic post office in Preston, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1939. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork  and is still in use today.

The post office in Princeton, KY was completed with New Deal funds in 1936.

Constructed by the US Treasury in 1935.

The historic post office in Purcell, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1939 and is still in use today.

The historic post office in Puyallup, Washington was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1935-6, is still in use today.

The Quanah Post Office was built with Treasury Department funds in 1937.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

The historic post office in Ravenna, Ohio was constructed ca. 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Raymond, Washington was constructed in 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Rayville, Louisiana was constructed in 1937 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.

Built in 1940 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The post office in Red Springs was completed in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of John W. de Groot's 1941 murals--"Battle of Little Raft Swamp," "Coming of the Scots," and "Peace--Work and Knowledge"-- completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

The historic downtown post office building in Redding, California was constructed by the federal Treasury Department in 1936. It is still in use today. The elegant Moderne design with fluted "columns" is by Albert Roller and features a graceful front stairway with two decorative urns and light fixtures flanking the entrance.  Two bas-relief eagles mark the corners of the facade. It appears that the striking blue highlights are original, if repainted over time. The original lobby was modernized at an unknown date, leaving the front desk area (on the left as one enters) quite undistinguished. But the two corridors with personal mailboxes are intact.

The historic post office building in Redwood City was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. It is home to José Moya del Pino's 1937 mural, "Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising," funded by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The building is still in use today.

The historic post office in Reedley, California 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.

Constructed in 1937.

The historic post office building in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 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 building in Renovo, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened in , houses a New Deal mural in the lobby and is still in use today.

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

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

The Rhinebeck post office was built in 1939 in the stone Dutch Colonial style popular around the Hudson Valley. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who took a lively interest in the local architecture in Dutchess County, his family's ancestral home, insisted that the model for this post office should be "Kipsbergen," an 18th century Rhinebeck home occupied by his ancestors, the Beekmans.  That house had burned in the early 20th century; some of its stones were used in construction of the post office. FDR, Postmaster General James Farley and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. were all present at the dedication ceremony on May...

Constructed in 1936.

The historic post office building in Richfield Springs, New York, "was built in 1941-1942, 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 one story, five bay building with a granite clad foundation, brick facades laid in common bond and limestone trim. The roof is surmounted by an octagonal cupola with metal window tracery and a decorative iron weathervane. The building displays Colonial Revival style details. The interior features an untitled 1942 mural by artist John W. Taylor depicting...

The post office in the old downtown of Richmond, CA was built by the Treasury Department in 1938. It is an elegant example of Moderne (Art Deco) architecture of the age. Richmond's downtown, including buildings around the post office, was cleared away  by the city's massive (and ill-considered) urban renewal program of the 1960s.  Then, the interior of the post office was gutted in a 1976 renovation. Happily, the exterior retains its original appearance. In 2017, the USPS threatened to close this post office, but popular protest led the city of Richmond to protest and the branch remains in operation. It future...

The Treasury Department funded the construction of this post office, designed by Louis Simon, in 1936. It features a modern deco design with flat stone around the entryway, tall windows, and modern light fixtures flanking the entry. Above the windows towards the north and south sides of the front, there are propellers emphasizing the use of air mail. There is no mural in this post office.

The historic post office in Richwood, West Virginia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1937, is still in service.

The Ridgefield Park, New Jersey post office was constructed with federal funds. The building is still in use today. A New Deal mural, “Washington Bridge,” hangs in the lobby. It was painted by Thomas Donnelly in 1937.

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

"Constructed in 1940, the building is the most detailed and complete of the five identified, small Colonial Revival influenced post offices in Colorado. George Vander Sluis painted the mural, entitled Colorado Landscape, in 1942 as a WPA project."   (www.historycolorado.org)

The Ripley post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

New Deal post office with the standard cornerstone, erected in 1940. According to a National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, the structure was built circa 1940. "One-story, side gable, post office building with engaged, end chimneys. There are three, one-story, flat roof additions on the rear; the one on the rear is a loading dock. Asphalt shingle roof. Partial return cornice. Dentiled cornice with plain frieze. Red brick façade. Double central entrance doors flanked by a pair of 12/12 windows with concrete sills. Entrance door has undivided transom and decorative surround with fluted pilasters with caps and plinth block with...

The historic post office building in Riverside, New Jersey was constructed in 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.

The historic post office in Riverton, Wyoming was constructed in 1940-1 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

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