Federal Facilities Sites

The historic former post office building in Amherst, Ohio was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork, and now houses the nonprofit: Main Street Amherst.

The former post office in Arlington, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. (Construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.) The building contains an example of New Deal artwork: "Gathering Pecans." Having since been sold, the building is now privately owned; it is presently home to Worthington National Bank.

This former post office building was constructed by the Treasury Department for Ashland in 1940. The building is still standing, but is now privately owned.

The historic post office building in Baldwinsville, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1937, housed a New Deal mural (since relocated to the present post office in Baldwinsville). The New Deal post office is now privately owned.

The historic former post office in Batesburg(, Batesburg-Leesville), South Carolina was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1939. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork, and is located at the northeast corner of W. Railroad Ave. and Pine St. In the 1980s, the cities of Batesburg & Leesville combined into one city and a new post office was constructed. As of 2013, the old New Deal Batesburg post office had been sold and left vacant by its new owners.

This historic former post office building in Batesville, Mississippi was constructed in 1940 with Treasury Department funds. The one-story brick building has a basement. Wright (2003) described the building, "...a copper visor over the front entrance...recessed windows...decorative dentil work around the top perimeter and between recessed window openings...iron railing on front facade." This building is now used as a private law office. An example of New Deal artwork that had been created for the building has since been relocated.

The historic former post office building in Baxley, Georgia was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building now serves as Appling County's Magistrate Court.

The historic former post office building in Bay Minette, Alabama was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building was dedicated on April 23, 1938. Postal operations, as well as a New Deal artwork created for this building, have since relocated.

The Colonial Revival-style post office building in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi was constructed by Dye and Mullings on behalf of the federal Treasury Department. Built in 1935-6, the building is now privately owned. Unfortunately the cornerstone has been damaged to the point of illegibility. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has been relocated.

Constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1934, the historic former post office building in Bedford, Ohio is now privately owned. In 2013 the building was renovated and converted into private offices for the law firm Doty & Miller: "Shifting their design efforts to preservation, Doty & Miller consulted blueprints obtained from the Bedford Historical Society so they could re-create the original lobby features and restore the exterior to its 1934 appearance. In addition to the LEED certification, the project also received awards from the Cleveland Restoration Society, which recognized it as an adaptive reuse that also preserved historic architecture."   (https://blog.preservationnation.org)

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938. The post office eventually moved to Blum Court. This building now houses the Historical Society of Harford County.

In the mid-1930s, a new post office on Otis Avenue was constructed with Treasury Department funds in Bell, CA. The building was later expanded and re-dedicated in 1964. As of 2025, the building no longer functions as a post office. An example of New Deal artwork created for the post office is now in private hands.

The historic former post office in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1940 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which also received an example of New Deal artwork, now houses the Southwest Regional Police Department.

The historic former post office building in Benton, Arkansas was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned and utilized for commercial purposes. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has since been relocated.

The historic former post office building in Bentonville, Arkansas was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building presently houses court functions for Benton County. As of 2025 a plan to potentially demolish the structure (proposed in 2016) has not come to pass.

The historic New Deal post office building in Bethesda MD – sometimes misattributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) – was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937. The Neo-Georgian building was constructed out of native stone trucked in from Stoneyhurst Quarries on River Road... (www.bethesdamagazine.com) The post office remained in use until 2012, when "faced with mounting financial difficulties, the USPS  closed it in 2012 and sold it for $4 million to the Donohoe Companies." The New Deal mural from the post office has been restored and was relocated to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center in 2013.

One of the few municipal projects to be funded through the Hoover Administration's 1931 general appropriations bill (Pub. L. No. 869, 46 Stat. 1552, 1587), the former Post Office in Beverly Hills, CA, was completed by the Treasury Department in 1933. "The prominent and prolific Architect Ralph C. Flewelling, designer of buildings at UCLA and USC, in concert with Alison & Alison Architects, received the commission for the Italian Renaissance Revival style building. The Post Office officially opened in 1934 and was dedicated in 1936 under the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration" (see "Building History"). Of the post office, architect Flewelling said:...

The historic former post office in Big Spring, Texas was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, presently serves as the 118th District Courthouse.

This former post office was built with Treasury funding in 1940. The building has been sold and now contains private offices. The mural is still on display and may be viewed with permission of the owner.

The historic former post office in Bishopville, South Carolina was built with Treasury Department funds and completed in 1940. The building, which was dedicated on June 27, 1940 to a crowd of at least 2,000, is now privately owned. As of 2025 it is a tobacco shop.

The historic former post office in Blawnox, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. Construction on the $50,000 building started Aug. 1, 1939, and it was dedicated on Jan. 13, 1940. Postal operations have since relocated. The facility, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is now privately owned.

The handsome one-story, brick Colonial Revival-style former post office in Booneville, Mississippi was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. It is currently in use as the Chancery Clerk's office. Details include a basement, semicircular granite steps leading to the entrance, cast iron railings, and a limestone frieze and cornice with a semicircular portico over the steps. It also houses a mural by Stefan Hirsch, completed and installed in 1943.

The Old Borger post office, located at the northeast corner of 5th Ave. and Diehl Streets, is now privately owned. The Hutchinson County Herald stated that the PWA allotted $53,900 in funding the the building.

The Transylvania County Administration building at 101 South Broad Street in Brevard, North Carolina was originally constructed as a New Deal post office. The post office was one of several similar Federal/Greek Revival-style facilities in western North Carolina. Per The Transylvania Times: "On Aug. 3, 1938 bids were received on 10 sites available in the downtown Brevard. A lot on the corner of Broad and Morgan streets was purchased from Mrs. Beulah Zachary for $4,000 on May 5, 1939. Groundbreaking took place on May 6, 1940. The Post Office began operating from the building in January 1941." "The building served as the...

The historic former post office in Brownsville, Tennessee was built with Treasury Department funds. Construction began in fall 1935 and the post office opened for business April 2, 1936. The one-story brick Colonial Revival building has four original 32-light display windows, original paired eight-light wood and glass doors, with wooden surround and broken pediment over the door . The building has a brick parapet, stone cornice with ornamentation, and stone window lintels. After a new post office for Brownsville was built the New Deal-era facility was sold, and it is now privately owned.

The historic former post office building in Buford, Georgia was constructed in 1941 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now a church.

The historic post office building in Burlingame, California was constructed in 1941 with Treasury Department funds. The building was sold to private interests in September 2014 and ceased its postal operations in January 2015. Part of the building and its artwork have been incorporated into a new adaptive reuse project.

The historic former post office in Burns, Oregon was built in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. It once housed an example of New Deal artwork, which was moved to the Harney County Courthouse nearby when the post office closed in the 1990s. The old post office is now privately owned and looked neglected in 2025.

The historic former post office in Cairo, Georgia was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, now houses the Grady County Board of Education. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has since been relocated.

The historic former post office building in Caldwell, Texas was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. As of 2022 the building houses a restaurant, aptly named The Old Post Office. The post office had housed an example of New Deal artwork, which has since been relocated to the nearby Burleson County Courthouse.

The historic former post office in Calexico, California was constructed ca. 1940-1 (exact dates uncertain) with Treasury Department funds. The contract for construction was awarded in July 1940. Details of the new building were discussed in a June 1940 Imperial Valley Press article: George Goedhart of Altadena, Calif., was low bidder on the Calexico postoffice contract with a bid of $72,850, Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody announced Monday. The two next lowest of the seven submitted were Campbell Construction company of Los Angeles, $75,000 and P. E. Young of San Diego, $78,282. W. E. Reynolds, commissioner of public buildings, said completion of construction...

The historic former post office building in Calhoun, Georgia was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now home to Calhoun's police department.

The historic former post office building in Campbell, Ohio was constructed ca. 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is privately owned. Unfortunately, much of the concrete details on the building's front, including the cornerstone, has been stripped off. Imagery of the building shows that the cornerstone has been abused, and that much of the text has been destroyed (including the date). Fortunately, the New Deal mural had been removed from the facility into Campbell's 'new' post office.

In 1936, the Campbellsville post office was built with funding from the Treasury Department. It is currently the home of the legal firm Bertram, Cox, and Miller. The murals once installed in the post office are listed as destroyed.

The historic New Deal former post office in Canton, North Carolina was constructed ca. 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which is not privately owned, also houses an example of New Deal artwork.

A new post office and federal building was constructed in 1935 in Carlsbad, New Mexico at the northeast corner of W Fox St. and S Halagueno St., with Treasury Department funds. The building had housed an example of New Deal artwork, now housed in the Carlsbad Museum. In 1964 the Carlsbad Current-Argus reported on a time capsule located in the Depression-era building's cornerstone: "Construction workers are tearing down parts of the structure which will become part of a new federal building at the same site. Various Eddy County memorabilia were placed in the box when the cornerstone was laid on April 13,...

The historic former post office in Center, Texas was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork (since relocated to the current Center post office), is now privately owned.

The historic former post office building in Chagrin Falls, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1939. The building is now privately owned. It housed an example of New Deal artwork, which has since been relocated.

The gorgeous former post office in Chardon, Ohio was constructed with Treasury Department funds and completed in 1940. The historic building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork (since relocated), is now privately owned. Historic marker: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, this building was the post office from 1940 through 1986. It is an example of the Colonial Revival style common in the 1930s and 1940s. The exterior brick work, large Palladian window, and simple design were common in the building plans for era post offices. This simplicity enabled unskilled workers to be employed in public...

The historic former post office in Chelsea, Michigan was constructed ca. 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is no longer a post office; its present use is unknown to Living New Deal.