Post Offices Sites

What is now the Federal Station post office in Covina, CA, was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funding. The building, which bears a 1939 cornerstone, houses an example of New Deal artwork and still in service.

Covington, Kentucky's main post office was constructed with federal funds. The building opened in 1941 and is still in use today.

The historic Cranford post office was constructed in 1935-1936. The building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The attractive and historic post office in Crawford, Nebraska was built in 1938-1939/40 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is still in service. Wikipedia: "The Crawford US Post Office is located at the northwest corner on 2nd and Main Streets in the commercial district of Crawford, Nebraska. It was built in the Moderne style in the late 1930s from standardized blueprints. Included in the listing are three contributing objects: two ornamental lampposts flanking the staircase to the main entrance and a flagpole. The...

The historic Crawfordsville post office was constructed ca. 1940 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Cresco, Iowa was built in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Crestline, Ohio was constructed in 1940-1 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service today.

The historic post office building in Crooksville, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1938. The building, which houses a New Deal relief inside, is still in use today.

The historic Crown Point post office was constructed ca. 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Crystal Falls, Michigan was constructed ca. 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The stately Crystal Springs, Mississippi post office was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The Colonial Revival-style building's features include twin wooden Tuscan columns on either side of the front doors, a wooden vestibule, terrazzo floor, and marble wainscoting. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

What is now known as the Gateway Station post office in Culver City, CA, was constructed in 1940 under the Federal Works Administration (FWA). The building design is late Moderne style. It has a central recessed entrance with large windows and four pillars without capitals. There are no decorative elements on the exterior other than two large brass lamps and a flagpole holder. The interior is intact, with original tile floors, woodwork and post boxes. There is a mural at one end of the lobby (see linked project). After the federal reorganization of 1939, the agency responsible for the construction and maintenance...

The historic Culver post office was constructed ca. 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The stately stone post office in Curwensville, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1938 with Treasury Department funds. The historic building is still in service.

The historic post office in Cushing, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was completed in 1935 and is still in use today.

The classic New Deal-era post office in Custer, South Dakota was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in operation.

The historic post office in Cuthbert, Georgia was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds; its construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service today. Unfortunately its cornerstone has been worn to the point that the date is not determinable.

The historic post office in Danielson, Connecticut was constructed in 1935 as a Federal Public Works project. The building is still in service.

The post office in Danvers, Massachusetts was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed between 1935 and 1937, and houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office building in Danville, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was completed in and is still in use today.

The historic post office building in Darby, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. It is still in use today.

The historic post office in Dardanelle, Arkansas was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.

The stately post office in David City, Nebraska was constructed in 1934-5 with Treasury Department funds. The historic building, which opened in 1935, is still in operation. In 1933, as a part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, the federal government appropriated $16,678,675 to build 237 government buildings in the United States. Nebraska received $233,600 to build five modest post offices in Wayne, Lexington, Superior, David City, and Seward. Because of the Depression, the federal government and the public found it improper for these post offices to be large so, according to the Wayne Herald, “the plan…is to erect ‘needed post offices...

The De Queen Post Office was constructed in 1940 with Treasury Department funds. The Waymarking site for the post office explains that: "The DeQueen Post Office ...has a similar look to many of the Treasury Department post office buildings. This is a one-story tan brick building which is square, with a hipped roof covered with composition shingles..." It also draws our attention to the concrete cornerstone to the left of the post office entrance that reads: James A. Farley Postmaster General John M. Carmody Federal Works Administrator W. Englebert Reynolds Commissioner of Public Buildings Louis A. Simon Supervising Architect Neal A. Melick Supervising Engineer 1940

This large post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.

The historic post office in Decherd, Tennessee was built in 1939-40 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department during the New Deal. The bottom of the federal cornerstone is now covered by concrete, obscuring the exact date of construction.

Constructed in 1938 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The historic post office building in Delhi, New York “was built in 1938, 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, Louis A. Simon. It is a symmetrically massed one story brick building with a stone watertable in the Colonial Revival style. The front section features a copper clad gable roof crowned by a square flat-topped cupola with Doric order pilasters and round arched vent openings on each face… It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”

The historic post office building in Delmar, New York "is a small brick building constructed in 1939, near the end of the Great Depression. Louis A. Simon, the Treasury Department's supervising architect at that time, designed 13 total post offices for New York in the Colonial Revival style similar to Delmar's. But that one was the only one from whose design he omitted a cupola."

The historic post office building in Delphi, Indiana was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The downtown post office and federal building in Delta, Colorado was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The style is Neoclassical Moderne, clad in sandstone-colored brick, with three central vertical elements for the entrance and windows on the facade, faced with white marble. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.  

The historic post office in Deming, New Mexico was constructed during the Great Depression. The building, which houses example of New Deal artwork, is still in service, though it has undergone extension and substantial renovation since its original construction. "This building was constructed in 1937 by the New Deal programs and was nominated to be included in the National Register for Historic Places on February 23, 1990. The Deming Main Post Office is a red brick, single-story building with limestone belt courses, lintels, sills, and decorative panels. Built at a bid cost of $62,400, the post office building is eligible for the...

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

The historic post office building in Depew, New York "was designed and built 1938-1939, 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, Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style." The building is still in use today.

The historic post office in DeWitt, Arkansas was constructed in 1939 with federal funding. "In late 1937, the U.S. Congress approved a $70 million emergency construction fund appropriation to finance the building of post offices around the country. Among the projects was a $75,000 appropriation to build a new post office in DeWitt, the county seat for the southern district of Arkansas County in southeast Arkansas. The proposed site for the new post office was surveyed in November of 1937, but the first round of bids were rejected in December of 1938. The February 2, 1939, DeWitt Era-Enterprise announced that the...

The historic post office in Dexter, Maine was built in 1939-40 with Treasury Department funds. The handsome building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Dexter, Missouri was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The post office in Dillon, Montana was built by the Treasury Department in 1935. It is still in use and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There is a New Deal mural inside.