Federal Facilities Sites

The post office in Springfield, Vermont was constructed using federal funds. Construction on the building began in 1935 and was completed in 1937. The post office is still in use today.

The historic post office building in Springville, New York was built "1936-1937, 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 story brick structure crowned by a square, flat-topped cupola."

This New Deal post office was constructed by the Treasury in 1937. As of December 2013 it was still functioning and was known as the Old St. Albans Post Office. However Researcher Frank da Cruz reports this building now houses an architectural engineering firm. The wood relief sculpture "Science and Industry" by Reuben R. Kramer (1941) was moved to the new post office that was built in 986 at 431 B Street. He also reports that the cornerstone names Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, Postmaster General James Farley, Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon, Neil A. Melick Supervising Engineer. "The Old St. Albans Post Office...

Constructed with New Deal funds in 1937-8. "Of contemporary design, the building has brick exterior walls with stone trim and wood windows. Granite steps and a platform with railings and lamp standards mark the front of the entrance. At the rear of the structure are the usual vestibule and a platform for the reception of mail and a mailing drive with space for parking postal automobiles. A flat composition roof covers the building. Foundation walls and the floor slab are concrete. In general the building is fireproof" (The Port Huron Times Herald, 1938). As of 2011, the St. Clair Post Office will...

The historic post office in St. Helena, California was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building, which houses the mural "Grape Pickers," painted by Lew Keller in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, is still in use today.

The post office in St James was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Margaret Martin's 1940 mural, "Indian Hunters and Rice Gatherers," completed with funds provided by the federal government and viewable in the lobby.

The historic post office in St. Johns, Michigan was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic post office building in St. Johnsville, New York "was built in 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. It is a one story, symmetrical brick building on a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. It features a copper clad gable roof with a square, flat topped cupola with a weathervane. The interior features a 1940 mural by Jirayr H. Zorthian (1911-2004) titled "Early St. Johnsville Pioneers." Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in...

The historic post office in St. Joseph, Michigan was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938.

Erected in 1937.

The Starke, Florida post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1941, is still in use today.

The post office in Staunton was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Ralf Henricksen's mural, "Going to Work," completed in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

The historic Woodrum Station post office in Staunton, Virginia was built with Treasury Department funds in 1935. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork.

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

The historic and stately New Deal post office in Stilwell, Oklahoma was constructed in 1940. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in service.

The Stoneham, Massachusetts branch post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1940, is still in use today.

The historic Stonington post office was constructed in 1940-1 under the Federal Works Agency with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic Stoughton, Wisconsin post office was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic Strasburg, Virginia was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Struthers, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1938. The building, which houses an example of new Deal artwork, is still in service.

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

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

The Suffern post office was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. "It was built during the New Deal and reflects that era's architectural styles, combining elements of the Colonial Revival style preferred by the Treasury Department for new post offices in the early 20th century with the Streamline Moderne style predominating in the late 1930s... The land was purchased for $20,000 in 1935. The next year, the post office was built for $90,000. Treasury Supervising Architect Louis Simon used an austere Colonial Revival design, demonstrated by...

The post office in Sullivan was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940.

The historic post office in Sulphur, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1937 and is still in use today.

The post office in Summerville was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Doris Lee's 1939 mural, "Georgia Countryside," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

The historic post office in Summit, New Jersey was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building had housed an example of New Deal artwork, since destroyed.

The historic post office in Sunnyside, Washington was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed ca. 1937, is still in use today.

The post office in Superior, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1935, is still in use today.

The post office in Susanville, California was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural by Helen Forbes, is still in service.  The facade of the building has been totally modified, however, by the addition of a front porch in the 1960s. There are photos of the building's construction, original facade and reconstruction in cases inside the building (alas, the photographs of those photos, below, show reflection from the glass in the cases). 

The historic post office in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1934. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

The Sweetwater post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940.

The historic post office in Tazewell, Virginia was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Teague, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1936, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Tecumseh, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1938, is still in use today.

The historic post office building in Thomaston, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and opened in 1938. The building, which houses a New Deal mural in its lobby, is still in active use.

The historic post office in Ticonderoga, New York "was designed and built in 1936-1937, 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 symmetrically massed, one story brick building with a stone watertable. The slate covered gable roof is topped by a square, flat-topped cupola with Doric order pilasters."

The post office in Tipton was constructed in 1937 with funds provided by the federal Treasury Department. It is also the site of John V. Bloom's 1940 mural, "Cattle," painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

The historic Tipton, Indiana post office was constructed during the mid-1930s with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.