The post office in Whitman, Massachusetts was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened for business in 1938, is still in use today. A New Deal-funded plaster relief titled “Liberty” hangs in the lobby. It was created… read more
The New Deal post office building in Whittier, California, was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. It was designed by R. L. Warren, with Louis A. Simon, one of the Roosevelt Administration’s chief New Deal architects, serving as… read more
The historic post office in Wildwood, New Jersey was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1936, houses New Deal artwork inside and is still in use today.
This post office was opened in 1937, built with funding from the Treasury Department. It also houses a mural by Mitchell Jamieson.
The Williamston Post Office opened in 1939, and was built with funding from the Treasury Department. It also houses a mural by Phillip Von Saltza depicting the Wright Brothers’ first airplane test flight.
The historic post office in Williamstown, Kentucky was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1941. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Phone: (847) 251-6039 Access Hours: M-F 8:30-5:30, Sat 8-3 The post office is home to the mural, “In the Soil Is Our Wealth,” painted by Raymond Breinin through the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938.
The post office in Winchendon, Massachusetts was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1941, is still in use today. A New Deal-funded wood relief titled “Industry and Landscape of Winchendon” hangs in the lobby. It… read more
South Carolina’s State Stone, Blue Granite (often called Winnsboro Blue Granite), was quarried from the Kincaid-Anderson Quarry and exported all over the east coast to build and decorate scores of buildings. The quarry was the site of Fairfield County’s biggest… read more
The Winslow, Arizona post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1936, is still in use today.
The historic post office in Winsted, Connecticut was completed in 1936-7 with the assistance of funds provided by the federal government. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
The post office in Winterset, Iowa was constructed with federal funds and opened in 1935. The building is still in use today.
The post office in Wolfeboro was completed in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Andrew Winter’s 1938 mural, “New Hampshire Sugar Camp,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine… read more
The historic New Deal post office building in Woodland, California was constructed as a Treasury Department “project on land purchased from the Gallup family. The building is Spanish Colonial Revival in design with massive corner blocks joined by a central… read more
The historic post office in Woodsfield, 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 post office in Worthington was constructed in 1938 with Treasury Department funds. It is also the site of Vernon Carlock’s “Scioto County Settler,” sculpted in 1939.
The Wrightsville Post Office was built in 1938 with New Deal funding. The lobby also houses a relief by Earl Thorp, entitled “Transition.”
Built in 1936 with Treasury Department funding. “On September 28, 1935, the Wynne Daily Star Progress reported that a lot on Merriman Avenue was picked as the site of a new post office for Wynne. Post Office Inspector Floyd Elliot… read more
The historic post office building in Yellow Springs, Ohio was constructed with U.S. Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building, which features a New Deal mural in the lobby, is still in use today.
The historic main post office for Yellowstone National Park is located on North Entrance Road, just north of Barracks Street in the Mammoth Hot Springs community near the north entrance of the park. The building was constructed with federal Treasury… read more
The historic post office in Yerington was constructed in 1938 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. “The Yerington Main Post office is one-story… read more
The main post office in Yuba City was built in 1939-1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department and Federal Work Administration. The style is vaguely Modernist Spanish Revival (red roof but minimalist columns). An annex has been added (left… read more
In 1938, the U.S. Treasury Department funded the construction of a post office in Laguna Beach, CA. “The small, Mediterranean building served as a post office for only a few years due to a bad location and access problems for… read more
The historic former post office building in Gary, Indiana was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. Located at 6th Ave. and Massachusetts St., the building is presently abandoned—a haven for urban archaeologists.
The historic post office in Atlantic City, New Jersey was constructed with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds in conjunction with the Treasury Department. The building, which was completed in 1937, housed New Deal artwork inside. Unfortunately, it has since been… read more
New Deal funds helped to construct a new post office for Cliffside Park in 1935. However, the building is no longer extant; postal operations moved to a new facility during the late 1990s and the building was demolished in the… read more
The federal government financed the construction of a post office at the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Section Avenue in Effingham, Illinois during the Great Depression. Constructed at a cost of $79,800, the building bore a 1934 cornerstone and… read more
The historic post office building in Fairport, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1938, housed a example of New Deal artwork inside. Living New Deal believes the facility to have been… read more
The U.S. Treasury Department provided the funds for the construction of a new post office at the northeast corner of Main St. and Hebron Ave. The building was completed in 1937 but has since been demolished.
A historic former post office building in Redondo Beach, California was constructed ca. 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building, located at 201 South Catalina Avenue, has since been demolished. Examples of New Deal artwork created for the facility have since… read more
The federal Treasury Department funded the construction of a post office building in Union City, Pennsylvania at 11 E. High Street, ca. 1938. While the building has since been demolished a relief sculpture created for the lobby has been relocated… read more
The historic former post office in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds ca. 1940. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, was destroyed by a natural gas explosion in 1979.
The historic former post office in Sylvester, Georgia was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility was relocated to the community’s current post office. The former post office is now… read more
The historic former post office building in Adel, Georgia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds ca. 1939. The building now serves as the Cook County Historical Society Museum. A New Deal mural, which had been created and housed in… read more
Now privately owned, Alamosa, Colorado received a new post office during the Great Depression. The building was commissioned by the federal Treasury Department in conjunction with the Public Works Administration. AlamosaNews.com: “The federal government bought the … property from Mrs…. read more
The historic former post office building in Alice, Texas was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, located at the southwest corner of E. 1st St. and N. Wright St., is now privately owned.
