Post Offices Sites

The historic post office in Puyallup, Washington was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1935-6, is still in use today.

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

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

The historic post office in Ravenna, Ohio was constructed in 1933-4 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Raymond, Washington was constructed in 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Rayville, Louisiana was constructed in 1937 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.

The grand and historic downtown post office in Reading, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1938-40 with Treasury Department funds. The building replaced a 50-year-old federal building that had occupied the same site. Razing of that structure occurred in late 1938, and construction of the new post office began soon after. Completion of the post office was delayed briefly due to a war-related shortage of chromium needed for interior equipment and furnishings. The $850,000 facility was completed and opened in Feb. 1940. The AP wrote on Feb. 23, 1940: This city's new $850,000 postoffice officially opened for public inspection tonight, and thousands of citizens...

Built in 1940 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The post office in Red Springs was completed in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of John W. de Groot's 1941 murals--"Battle of Little Raft Swamp," "Coming of the Scots," and "Peace--Work and Knowledge"-- completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

The historic downtown post office building in Redding, California was constructed by the federal Treasury Department in 1936. It is still in use today. The elegant Moderne design with fluted "columns" is by Albert Roller and features a graceful front stairway with two decorative urns and light fixtures flanking the entrance.  Two bas-relief eagles mark the corners of the facade. It appears that the striking blue highlights are original, if repainted over time. The original lobby was modernized at an unknown date, leaving the front desk area (on the left as one enters) quite undistinguished. But the two corridors with personal mailboxes are intact.

The historic post office building in Redwood City was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. It is home to José Moya del Pino's 1937 mural, "Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising," funded by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The building is still in use today.

The historic post office in Reedley, California was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

Constructed in 1937.

The historic post office building in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware was constructed in 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Renovo, Pennsylvania was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

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

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

The gorgeous and distinctive Rhinebeck post office was built in 1938-9 in the stone Dutch Colonial style popular around the Hudson Valley. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who took a lively interest in the local architecture in Dutchess County, his family's ancestral home, insisted that the model for this post office should be "Kipsbergen," an 18th century Rhinebeck home occupied by his ancestors, the Beekmans.  That house had burned in the early 20th century; some of its stones were used in construction of the post office. FDR, Postmaster General James Farley and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. were all present at the dedication...

Constructed in 1936.

The historic post office building in Richfield Springs, New York, "was built in 1941-1942, 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 one story, five bay building with a granite clad foundation, brick facades laid in common bond and limestone trim. The roof is surmounted by an octagonal cupola with metal window tracery and a decorative iron weathervane. The building displays Colonial Revival style details. The interior features an untitled 1942 mural by artist John W. Taylor depicting...

The post office in the old downtown of Richmond, CA was built by the Treasury Department in 1938. It is an elegant example of Moderne (Art Deco) architecture of the age. Richmond's downtown, including buildings around the post office, was cleared away  by the city's massive (and ill-considered) urban renewal program of the 1960s.  Then, the interior of the post office was gutted in a 1976 renovation. Happily, the exterior retains its original appearance. In 2017, the USPS threatened to close this post office, but popular protest led the city of Richmond to protest and the branch remains in operation. It future...

The Treasury Department funded the construction of this post office, designed by Louis Simon, in 1936. It features a modern deco design with flat stone around the entryway, tall windows, and modern light fixtures flanking the entry. Above the windows towards the north and south sides of the front, there are propellers emphasizing the use of air mail. There is no mural in this post office.

The historic post office in Richwood, West Virginia was constructed in 1936-7 with federal Treasury Department funds. The stately building is still in service.

The Ridgefield Park, New Jersey post office was constructed with federal funds. The building is still in use today. A New Deal mural, “Washington Bridge,” hangs in the lobby. It was painted by Thomas Donnelly in 1937.

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

The handsome and historic post office in Rifle, Colorado was built with Treasury Department funds by way of the Federal Works Agency. "Constructed in 1940, the building is the most detailed and complete of the five identified, small Colonial Revival influenced post offices in Colorado." The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The Ripley post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

The handsome and historic post office in Ripley, West Virginia was built in 1940-1 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. According to a National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, the structure was built circa 1940. "One-story, side gable, post office building with engaged, end chimneys. There are three, one-story, flat roof additions on the rear; the one on the rear is a loading dock. Asphalt shingle roof. Partial return cornice. Dentiled cornice with plain frieze. Red brick façade. Double central entrance doors flanked by a pair of 12/12...

The historic post office building in Riverside, New Jersey was constructed in 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.

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

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

The historic post office in Robstown, Texas was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.

This post office was constructed with Treasury funds circa 1937-1938.

The historic post office in Rock Rapids, Iowa was built in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The stately structure is still in service.

The historic post office in Rockdale, Texas was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

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

The historic post office in Rockmart, Georgia was constructed in 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in service.

The historic post office building in Rockport, Massachusetts was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1938. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.

The historic post office building in Rockville Centre, New York "was built in 1937 and designed by consulting architect William Dewey Foster (1890-1958) for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one-story building clad with brick and trimmed in limestone in the Colonial Revival style. It features an Art Deco style grill above the main entrance doors." (Wikipedia)

The historic post office in Rockville, Indiana, was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937, under the supervision of architect Louis Simon and engineer Neil Melick. The building is the site of Milton Avery's 1939 mural, "Landscape." Construction of the building is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.