Post Offices Sites

The Mission Historical Museum was constructed as the city's post office in 1940. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork.

The historic Morgan Park post office in Chicago, Illinois was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The building is still in service.

The historic Morris Heights Station post office in the Bronx, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The building is still in use today.

The Morrisania Station post office of the Bronx, New York (originally constructed as New York, New York's Station T post office in the Bronx) "is a historic post office building located at Morrisania in The Bronx, New York, United States. It was built in 1936, and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two story, five bay wide brick building with a hipped roof and a one bay recessed wing in the Colonial Revival style. It features an arcade of five recessed brick round arches with limestone keystones." (Wikipedia) The...

The historic Mott Haven Station post office in the Bronx on East 139th St. was one of several post offices in the borough constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the New Deal era. The post office was initially known as New York, New York's Station 'X' until its redesignation as Mott Haven Station on June 1, 1947. This project was implemented by the Public Works Administration, and the building's cornerstone dates an initial stage of construction to 1935. The building is still in service. C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown: This postal station is in the Bronx on East 139th Street and serves a territory bounded by the Harlem...

The historic former post office in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania was built in 1935-6 with Treasury Department funds. Dedicated in Sept. 1936, the facility now operates as the East Stroudsburg Municipal Building. Unusually, a sizable clocktower has been added to the structure. An example of New Deal artwork was also created for the building.

Constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funding (sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), including by a historical marker on-site!), the former Post Office in Osceola, Arkansas is typical of the type of small post offices that were built during the New Deal for rural towns. The $55,000 project probably begun during the tenure of Postmaster Arch Smith in 1935 but was finished and dedicated during that of Clement Bowen who served as Osceola’s postmaster until 1942. This split-level building has a fully usable basement, which allowed the Postal Service three floors of functioning space. The building originally had...

The stately former post office (now Municipal Building) in downtown Vidalia, Georgia was constructed with Treasury Department funds starting in 1935. Postmaster General James A. Farley dedicated the post office on April 28, 1938 (at 2:30 p.m.), as part of a tour that included multiple other new postal facilities in Georgia. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building is still on-site, albeit partially destroyed.

The historic former post office building in Clanton, Alabama, now the municipal courthouse, was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. Details of the facility's early construction and dedication can be found at the historic news articles linked to below.

The Municipal Court building in Jackson, Georgia was constructed as the city's post office during the 1930s. This New Deal structure served as the post office until 1995, when operations relocated to East 2nd St. The building also housed an example of New Deal artwork, which was also relocated.

The historic post office building in Edmond, Oklahoma, now the Edmond Municipal Court and Courthouse, was constructed during the Great Depression with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was completed in 1938.

Cleveland's historic Newburg Station post office was constructed with federal funds in 1935-6. The building, which was designed by Julius Boenisch, is still in service.

The historic red-brick North Philadelphia Station post office was built in 1935. Constructed with federal Treasury Department funds, the building is still in use today. It houses a collection of New Deal artwork in the lobby.

The historic Northgate Station post office was constructed from 1936-7 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic Old Chelsea Station post office on West 18th Street was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935-7. It was one of many such facilities built in New York City during the New Deal era. The post office was initially known as New York, New York's Station 'O' until its redesignation as Audubon Station on April 1, 1947. The building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

This New Deal post office is a one-story brick Colonial Revival building, rectangular in shape, on raised basement. Limestone pilasters with Doric capitals surround windows and door in center of facade. Interior of the building is largely intact, including original brass post office boxes.

The historic former Palmer Square post office in Princeton, New Jersey, was constructed in 1934. It was originally Princeton's main post office. Sold in the mid-2010s, the building is privately owned, serving as a restaurant before undergoing extensive renovations around 2021 and housing new functions. The building contains an example of New Deal artwork, "a controversial 1939 mural depicting Native Americans reacting to the arrival of European colonists, a scene that some consider racist."   (https://savethepostoffice.com)

The historic former Parcel Post Building at 1100 E Main St. in Richmond, Virginia was originally designed by Marcellus Eugene Wright, Sr. in association with the Richmond architectural firm Lee & Smith & Van der Voort. According to some sources designs were drawn up during the Hoover administration, in 1929. Begun as a four-story facility, a work order mid-construction enlarged part of the building, which became six stories tall. It is likely at this point in the construction process (ca. 1934-5) that Public Work Administration (P.W.A.) funding became involved in addition to standard Treasury Department funds; two photos of the facility...

The historic Parkville Station post office in Brooklyn, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building is still in use today.

The Pearlbrook Station post office in Cleveland, Ohio was constructed in 1935-6 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, was designed by Julius Boenisch.

The historic former post office in Medina, Ohio was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building had also housed an example of New Deal artwork, since destroyed. "Constructed as a post office in 1938, the Donald J. Pease Federal Building now houses the U.S. Court of Appeals. The red brick building is located at the northeast corner of Liberty and North Elmwood streets."

This New Deal post office was constructed with funds from the Treasury Department and the PWA from 1934-35. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. A 1933 article in the Suffolk County News described the PWA allotments for this and other nearby post offices: "Actual allotments for post office buildings in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, amounting to $502,430, have been made by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. This sum will provide three new post office buildings in Suffolk and four in Nassau, as follows: Suffolk—Bay Shore, $71,270; East Hampton, $73,400; Riverhead, $81,000. Nassau—Floral...

This New Deal post office was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938. It is also the site of William Caffee's 1941 mural, "Chesapeake Fisherman." Researcher Frank da Cruz notes that the post office's Colonial Revival design is by Louis A. Simon who was the Supervising Architect in the U.S. Department of the Treasury at the time. The Engineer was Neal A. Melick.  

The historic Planetarium Station post office in New York, New York is located on West 83rd Street, between Amsterdam Ave. and Columbus 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 'W' until its redesignation as Planetarium Station on Oct. 1, 1946. The building's cornerstone, and an interior plaque, put the dates of construction at 1935 to 1937. The building is still in service. Plaque text: This building was erected under the act of Congress dated June 16, 1933 and was completed during the administration of...

The Orange Post Office in downtown Orange, California was constructed with federal Treasury Department funding and was completed in 1935. It served as the main post office until 1971 and then was renamed the Plaza Station Post Office when a new post office was built to serve as the central post office for the City of Orange.  

The historic post office in Rensselaer, New York was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project with Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1935-6, has since been re-purposed as the town's police department building.

This building was constructed in 1938 with federal funding as the Brownfield post office. It has been repurposed as the Brownfield Police Station, being in use for that purpose in 2014.

Constructed by the Treasury Department as the Kennebunk post office in 1937. The building now houses the Kennebunk police station.

This large 1910 Treasury Department-funded building, located at Walnut St. and 2nd Ave. in downtown Des Moines, underwent an extension during the New Deal. At the time the structure was a federal building and housed post office operations. The building presently serves as the Polk County Administration Building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974. "The Des Moines architectural firm of Wetherell & Harrison drew up plans in the early 1930s for a large addition to the south, but no money was appropriated for it. Plans for a smaller addition were approved in 1934...

The Aberdeen, Maryland post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1937, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Abingdon, Illinois was constructed in 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The stately facility is still in service.

The historic post office in Ada, Minnesota was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is still in service.

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

The Adams, Massachusetts post office was constructed between 1938 and 1940 using federal funds. The building is still in use today. A New Deal-funded fresco, “Quakers and the Site of Adams,” painted by Helen Rubin Stoler in 1940, hung in the lobby but has since been destroyed.

The historic post office in Akron, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1941 and is still in use today.

The historic post office in Albert Lea, Minnesota was built in 1935-7 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which was designed by Le Roy Gaarder, is still in service.

The historic post office in Albion, Illinois was built in 1939-1940 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic post office in Albion, Nebraska was built in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Albion, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1938 and is still in use today.

The historic post office in Alderson, West Virginia was constructed in 1935-6 with federal Treasury Department funds. The stately building is still in service.