Post Offices Sites

The post office in Pella was constructed in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. Iowa Backroads: Over 1,000 residents in the Marion County town of Pella toured the post office on its opening day, April 26, 1937. The Pella Chronicle wrote the $55,000 post office 'fills a long-felt need and it will now be possible to give even better service than before.' The article highlights the spacious lobby, efficient workspace, and damp-proof basement in addition to noting the postmaster’s 'luxurious private office which was overflowing with flowers sent by...

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936 under the supervision of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon and Supervising Engineer Neal A. Melick.

The historic Penns Grove post office was constructed in 1940 with Treasury Department funds.

The historic post office building in Perry, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1939, is still in use today. A New Deal mural that had been housed in the post office lobby has since been relocated to a nearby museum.

The historic post office in Perth Amboy, New Jersey was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building is still in use today.

Built in 1936.

The historic post office building in Petersburg, Virginia, was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935. The building is still in use today.

The historic post office in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania was built in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The gorgeous stone building is still in operation.

The historic and distinctive post office building in Phillipsburg, New Jersey was constructed in 1933 with Treasury Department funds. It is still in service.

The Colonial Revival style post office was built in 1937-8. It contains a mural, "Lumber Region of Mississippi" by Donald H. Robertson.

The historic post office in Piedmont, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service today.

The historic post office in Piggott, Arkansas was constructed in 1937-8 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. Louis A. Simon served as the supervising architect and Neal A. Melick was supervising engineer. The building also houses an example of New Deal artwork: a mural entitled "Air Mail," in the lobby.

The post office in Pineville was completed in 1935 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Edward Fern's 1942 mural, "Kentucky Mountain Mail En Route," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

The historic post office building in Pipestone, Minnesota was constructed with federal Treasury Department in 1935. The building is still in service.

The historic post office building in Pitman, New Jersey was completed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Pittsfield, Illinois was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935.

The historic post office building in Plainville, Connecticut was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The post office in Pleasant Hill was constructed with funds provided by the Treasury Department in 1937.

The historic post office in Plymouth, New Hampshire was constructed in 1936-7 with federal Treasury Department funds. The attractive building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.

The post office in Plymouth, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940.

The U.S. Post Office building in Pocomoke City, Maryland, is a U.S. Treasury project from 1937. It is one of the many hundreds of post offices built during the New Deal era that still serve Americans today.

The historic post office in Pomeroy, 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 in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

"The post office is built in the Georgian /Colonial Revival style and has central double-leaf aluminum and glass doors surrounded by a stone architrave with dentil molding in the cornice, a stone water table and cornice with dentil molding, brick quoins at corners, and granite steps" (Sanders & Cawthon, 1993).

The historic post office building in Poplarville, Mississippi was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the Great Depression. Completed in 1941, it is still in use today. "This building has an unusual plan and appearance for a post office of its period: it is a narrow-fronted, two-story, hip-roofed brick building in a simplified Colonial Revival Style" (MDAH).

The historic post office in Port Clinton, Ohio was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic New Deal post office in Port Washington was built in 1934-5 with joint support from the federal Treasury Department and the Public Works Administration (PWA). 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 Park, $67,760; Garden City,...

The historic post office building in Port Washington, Wisconsin was constructed ca. 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic post office in Portales, New Mexico was built during the Great Depression as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project, in 1936-7. Construction of the building is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA. The post office, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The historic post office building in Portland, Connecticut was constructed using federal Treasury Department funds. A Section of Fine Arts mural hangs in the lobby. The building, which was built from 1940-2, is still in service.

The historic and striking New Deal post office in Portsmouth, Ohio was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which is still in use, houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork.

The historic post office in Poteau, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was constructed in 1936-7 and is still in use today.

The magnificent Poughkeepsie post office was built by the Treasury Department as part of the New Deal in 1937-39.  The architecture is a kind of colonial revival done in the rough stone style of the Dutch settlers of the Hudson Valley.  The post office lobby contains exceptional murals  depicting six scenes in local and state history (see accompanying mural page). The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. FDR took a keen interest in post offices near his family home in Hyde Park.  As the wikipedia entry describes it: "The building was the second of five post offices...

The historic post office in Powell, Wyoming was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed ca. 1938, houses an example of New Deal artwork inside and is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936.

The historic post office in Preston, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1939-40. The building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in service.

The post office in Princeton, KY was completed with New Deal funds in 1936.

Constructed by the US Treasury in 1935.

The historic post office in Purcell, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1939 and is still in use today.