Post Offices Sites

The historic Jefferson Station post office in Detroit, Michigan was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.

This New Deal Art Deco building was originally constructed as the "post office annex" to the 1908 Federal Building and Courthouse next door. The building still functions as both a post office and a general federal building housing various federal offices. Note: Though the GSA document cited below says the building was WPA, such buildings were almost always PWA. The two agencies have often been confused. From the U.S. General Services Administration: "By the late 1920s, the need for additional space again became urgent. The city selected a site adjacent to the 1908 Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse. A local architectural firm,...

The old main post office in Arlington, VA was constructed in 1937 by the Treasury Department to consolidate postal services in the surrounding area. "As the first federal building in the County, the post office provided a focal point for establishing the identity of Arlington and unifying the area’s disparate suburban villages into a single community." (Arlington webpage) The architecture is Federalist/Colonial/Georgian Revival – not unusual for East Coast post offices built during the New Deal – and was designed by the team under Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury. It features a central domed portico flanked by tripartite...

Chicago's Kedzie-Grace Post Office (also known as the Daniel J. Doffyn Station) was constructed by the Treasury in 1936.

Brooklyn, New York's Kensington Station post office "is a historic post office building ... was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architect Lorimer Rich for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story, six-bay-wide brick building in the Colonial Revival style. For much of its history it was painted white. It features a projecting pedimented wooden portico supported on Doric order piers." (Wikipedia) The post office became listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's old Kingsessing Station post office, located at the western corner of Whitby Ave. and S 52nd St., was constructed during the Great Depression with federal Treasury Department funds. The building has undergone extensive renovations and is now privately owned, serving as a funeral home. New Deal artwork that had been created for this location has been relocated to a non-public setting at a different postal facility.

The historic Knickerbocker Station post office in New York, New York's Lower East Side was one of many post offices in Manhattan constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the New Deal era. Completed in 1937, the post office was initially known as New York, New York's Station 'B' until its redesignation as Planetarium Station on Oct. 1, 1946.

The Lakeview Station post office was constructed by the Treasury Department sometime between 1933 and 1937. The date on the cornerstone is too worn to read.  But Henry Morgenthau, Jr.'s name is still legible on the cornerstone and he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by FDR in 1933.  A New Deal mural was installed in the building in 1937, so construction was presumably finished that year.

The historic Lamb County Library building in Littlefield, Texas was constructed as the city's post office in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds.

This building was constructed as the town post office by the Treasury Department in 1939. Purchased and used as the City Hall from the 1960's to 2006, the building is still owned by the City of Lee's Summit but is on a short-term lease to ReDiscover, a mental health organization, for offices. With the passage of a recent bond issue, the City will be turning the structure over to the Lee's Summit Historical Society for use as a museum. -Denise Chisum, City Clerk for the City of Lee's Summit

The historic Lenox Hill Station post office in New York, New York is located on East 70th Street, between 2nd Ave. and 3rd Ave. It was one of many post offices in Manhattan constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the New Deal era. The post office was initially known as New York, New York’s Station ‘Y’ until its redesignation as Audubon Station on Feb. 1, 1947. The building’s cornerstone dates an initial stage of construction to 1935. The building is still in service.

Originally constructed as the Osborn (later renamed Fairborn) post office, this New Deal building was constructed in 1940 and now houses Fairport's public library. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has been relocated to the community's current post office.

The historic Stephenville Public Library building was originally constructed as the city's post office. The building, which was funded by the Treasury Department, was built in 1935. The architects of record were Mark Lemmon and Louis A Simon.

The historic former post office building in Floral Park, New York was constructed with Treasury Department funds by way of the Public Works Administration (P.W.A.). The building presently serves as the Floral Park Public Library. Postal operations have been moved to a new facility a few hundred feet down Tulip Ave. Short and Stanley-Brown: Floral Park is a residential community in Nassau County on Long Island, on the eastern edge of New York City. Its population in 1930 was 10,016, and its postal receipts for 1935 were $47,624. The building is 84 by 90 feet in plan and is one story and part...

The historic former post office building in Cocoa, Florida was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now home to the State Headquarters of the Florida Historical Society.

"This building, which was built in 1938 as a post office in the New Deal project, PWA (Public Works Administration), is the home of a beautiful Peter Hurd mural which is on the front exterior of the building. In Alamogordo, under the Art-in-Architecture program titled, 'Sun and Rain,' Peter Hurd painted one of New Mexico's most beautiful frescos in 1942, around the entrance to the building. The central part of the fresco is flanked by two smaller frescos, 'Sorghum' and Yucca.'" The structure is now a county building in Alamogordo. -Treasures on New Mexico Trails

Originally built as the Lincoln Park Post Office and constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938, the building now houses the Lincoln Park Historical Museum.

The Lincoln Park Station post office was constructed in 1935-36.  The Treasury Department was in charge of building federal facilities and post offices at the time, but occasionally received funds for projects from the Public Works Administration (PWA), as in this instance. The Moderne-style building clad in buff-colored brick and has three tall window openings on each side of the entrance, which is recessed with a convex window over the door.  The post office was still in operation in 2024, but, unfortunately, there appears to be no access to the interior beyond a cramped desk just inside the entrance. A report on...

This historic Logan Square Station post office in Chicago, Illinois was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1933. The building is still in service.

This Mission Revival style building was built under the Roosevelt Administration and served as the main mail distribution for LA until 1994. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Only a part of this structure still functions as a post office, but the front lobby and its WPA murals have been preserved.

The Madison Square Station post office in New York, New York "was built in 1935, and designed by consulting architects Lorimer Rich for the Office of the Supervising Architect." (Wikipedia) It was one of many post office constructed in Manhattan during the New Deal era. Professor Dolkart of Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation tells us that "Madison Square Station is a Modern Classical structure with an important interior layout, modeled after that of a bank (it was published in the architectural press at the time)." (Dolkart) Wikipedia states that "...the building is a two-to-three story building clad on its main...

The historic main post office building in Bridgeport, Connecticut was completed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses multiple works of New Deal artwork in its lobby, is still in service.

Also known as the Clifton Merriman Post Office, the main post office in Cambridge, Massachusetts—originally a branch of the Boston post office—was constructed with federal funds in 1934-5. It was designed in Classical Revival style with Art Deco influences by architects Leland, James D., & Co.; Baven, John, Co., Inc. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

This two-story neo-classical building of granite and limestone was built by the Algeron Blair Construction Company of Montgomery, Alabama out of thirty bids placed for the project. The building features six over six double hung windows sash windows, pedimental entrance, Greek keys on the lintels. A 1974 brick expansion was built to the east. The Algeron Blair Construction Company also built the low-cost housing project called Littlepage Terrace in west Charleston. The construction began in November 1940. The building opened on June 22, 1942. It was limited in height to two stories because of war-time restrictions, but designed to have three...

Constructed by the Treasury Department, this building was completed in 1935. Placeography describes the building in detail: "The popular Moderne Art Deco style building uses Mankato’s own Kasota limestone and St. Cloud black granite. The building achieves the vertical emphasis typical of the Art Deco style, despite being extremely horizontal, with a striking pattern of three-story window units with decorative relief panels (Koutsky, 2002). Approximately 500 to 700 local laborers and carpenters were summoned to construct the monumental building (Russell, 2003)." Of this building, "Postmaster General James Farley said ... 'Magnificent buildings are memorials of the strength and glory of a...

The historic main post office in Norwalk, Connecticut—originally the South Norwalk post office, though re-designated in 1964—was constructed in 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was designed by Thomas Harlan Ellett, houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork and is still in service.

The historic main post office in Redlands, California was constructed with federal funds.  It was started under the Hoover Administration in 1932, according to the cornerstone, but completed in 1933 after President Roosevelt had taken office -- as stated in the dedication plaque in the lobby.  Therefore, the building is only partly owing to the New Deal.  

The main post office in Santa Barbara was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936. The lobby contains a set of bas-relief murals and remains in its original condition.  

This large post office was constructed with U.S. Treasury Department funding between 1935 and 1937. Note the extensive use of inlaid depictions of postal service, state of the art at the time. Inside, the grillwork is lush as are the center islands where patrons were able to fill out forms, etc.

Formerly Fresno's Main Post Office (and, subsequently, its Downtown Station post office) building presently houses the Fresno United School District Education Center. The building was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. Fresno.gov: The U.S. Post Office building housed the main post office branch, as well as Federal courtroom sand offices, until the mid 1970s. The building is an example of PWA or WPA Modern architecture, which combines elements of classical and modern design. Elements of classicism on this building include the fluted, column-like door surrounds and concrete exterior walls scored to look like masonry blocks, while the asymmetrical plan; spare,...

Originally constructed as Treasury Department project and completed in 1935, Philadelphia's large Art Deco 30th St. post office served the community for many years, before being left vacant in 2006. It has since been converted into a modern office building. "In redeveloping the 862,692-square-foot Art Deco style federal building, Brandywine embraced and rejuvenated its pre-Columbian art and architecture-inspired highlights. The Post Office’s ornate public lobby, known as the "Historic Corridor", featuring two entry rotundas with mosaic domes in a Mayan motif, has been fully restored. The domes, each with 99,816 pieces of glass faience tiles in nine different shades of green...

The Main Post Office in Reno, Nevada, was completed under the New Deal in 1934.  It was begun under the previous administration of Herbert Hoover in 1932, as noted on the cornerstone.  Funding for post offices at the time came from the federal Treasury Department.  Civil Works Administration (CWA) relief workers contributed to the work in the winter of 1933-34. The structure is an elegant example examples of the Art Deco design popular at the time, specifically Zig-Zag Moderne style. The architect was Frederick DeLongchamps and MacDonald Engineering constructed the building, which also housed other of Federal agencies serving Nevada. "The exterior...

The historic former U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Customhouse (a.k.a. Main Post Office) in Wilmington, Delaware is located on Rodney Square. "It was designed by Irwin & Leighton in 1933-1935, and building was completed in 1937. It is in the Classical Revival. It is a three-story, cut stone structure with six large stone pillars across the main entrance. the gross building area is 104,669 sq. ft." Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the original building is intact though a modern addition has been added as well. Now privately owned, it now serves as the headquarters for Wilmington Trust. Examples...

Stamford's old main post office (which was later renamed the Atlantic Street Station post office) was constructed 1915-1917 and was a unique design. Additional improvements were made with federal funding in the 1939-41. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985. It has since been sold to private developers, and is now part of a larger mixed-use development. The NRHP nomination explains: "A major addition was constructed in 1939, to the rear, doubling the size of the facility and providing additional work space. The rear structure is sympathetic in detailing and only slightly less elaborate in...

The historic (and current) main post office in Mount Vernon, New York was originally constructed in 1915. The building received an extension as part of a New Deal project completed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. Work was overseen by contractor Arc Engineering Corp. and consisted of constructing the extension as well as remodeling of the building.

The historic former post office in Welch, West Virginia was built in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds. The building now serves as the McDowell County Courthouse Annex. Per Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Mar. 7, 1937: NEW BUILDING IS OF LATEST DESIGN Concrete And Tile Floors And Stairways Make Building Completely Fireproof; Modern Quarters U. S. Offices Welch's newest and most modern building, the new post office, under construction since July 2, 1936, was officially completed March 1, and will be open for service on Monday morning. J. W. Carroll, superintendent in charge of construction, arrived in Welch on June 15, last year, and two weeks later...

The historic former post office in downtown Marion, North Carolina was built with New Deal funds in 1936. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, has since been expanded and now houses the McDowell County Library.

Mell Hall was constructed as the Clemson post office in 1940; as such its construction was funded by the federal Treasury Department. After postal operations relocated the building became part of the Clemson University campus, and it now serves as Clemson, University's housing office. The building is located just off the southern side of Old Greenville Highway between Riggs Field and Bowman Field.

Brooklyn, New York's Metropolitan Station post office (originally known as Station A) was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935-6. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, the building is "a two-story, flat roofed brick building with a three bay wide central pavilion flanked by three bay wide wings in the Colonial Revival style."

The post office in Mineola was built in 1936 under the Public Works Administration (PWA) program and was designed by architects at the U.S. Treasury Department. It continued to be used as a post office until 1998. It is now the Mineola Historical Museum.