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  • Post Office - White Hall IL
    "Yellow- buff colored brick one story Classical Revival structure.  It was built by the Weitz Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa.  The building was formally occupied January 31, 1938.  The front façade faces west on South Jacksonville Street.  As of 1992 there were original wrought iron balustrades and decorative lanterns at the entrance.  The entrance features a decorative carved eagle placed in a semi-circular inset above the entry... The Post Office was built under the Public Works Administration (PWA), which was established in 1933 to oversee the planning and construction of Federal and non-Federal public works projects. It is typical of...
  • Post Office - Whitehall NY
    The historic post office building in Whitehall, New York "was designed and built 1937-1938, 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 under Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is a modest one story building, three bays wide and clad in red brick."
  • Post Office - Whitinsville MA
    The post office in Whitinsville, Massachusetts was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened for business in 1938, is still in use today. A New Deal-funded plaster relief titled "Colonel Paul Whitin – Blacksmith" hangs in the lobby. It was created by Milton Horn in 1939.
  • Post Office - Whitman MA
    The post office in Whitman, Massachusetts was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened for business in 1938, is still in use today. A New Deal-funded plaster relief titled "Liberty" hangs in the lobby. It was created by Attilio Piccirilli in 1940.
  • Post Office - Whittier CA
    The New Deal post office in Whittier, California, was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. It was designed by R. L. Warren, with Louis A. Simon, one of the Roosevelt Administration's chief New Deal architects, serving as Supervising Architect. Neal A. Melick served as Supervising Engineer. The building is still in service, but the New Deal mural has been painted over during renovations.  
  • Post Office - Wildwood NJ
    The historic post office in Wildwood, New Jersey was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1936, houses New Deal artwork inside and is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Willard OH
    This post office was opened in 1937, built with funding from the Treasury Department. It also houses a mural by Mitchell Jamieson.
  • Post Office - Williamston NC
    The Williamston Post Office opened in 1939, and was built with funding from the Treasury Department. It also houses a mural by Phillip Von Saltza depicting the Wright Brothers' first airplane test flight.
  • Post Office - Williamstown KY
    The historic post office in Williamstown, Kentucky was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1941. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Wilmette IL
    Phone: (847) 251-6039 Access Hours: M-F 8:30-5:30, Sat 8-3 The post office is home to the mural, "In the Soil Is Our Wealth," painted by Raymond Breinin through the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938.
  • Post Office - Winchendon MA
    The post office in Winchendon, Massachusetts was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1941, is still in use today. A New Deal-funded wood relief titled "Industry and Landscape of Winchendon" hangs in the lobby. It was created by Minna Harkavy in 1942.
  • Post Office - Windsor MO
    Constructed by the US Treasury in 1935.
  • Post Office - Winnsboro SC
    South Carolina's State Stone, Blue Granite (often called Winnsboro Blue Granite), was quarried from the Kincaid-Anderson Quarry and exported all over the east coast to build and decorate scores of buildings. The quarry was the site of Fairfield County's biggest industry until it closed in 1946. Yet the stone was not used for this brick post office built in 1936 by the US Treasury. Winnsboro also boasts the longest running clock in the US!
  • Post Office - Winslow AZ
    The Winslow, Arizona post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1936, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Winsted CT
    The historic post office in Winsted, Connecticut was completed in 1936-7 with the assistance of funds provided by the federal government. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Winterset IA
    The post office in Winterset, Iowa was constructed with federal funds and opened in 1935. The building is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Wolfeboro NH
    The post office in Wolfeboro was completed in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Andrew Winter's 1938 mural, "New Hampshire Sugar Camp," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Wollaston MA
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940.
  • Post Office - Wood River IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.
  • Post Office - Woodland CA
    The historic New Deal post office building in Woodland, California was constructed as a Treasury Department "project on land purchased from the Gallup family. The building is Spanish Colonial Revival in design with massive corner blocks joined by a central gabled front entrance. The smooth plaster finish is accented with decorative Spanish tile. A segmented arch spanning a transom window crowns the entrance, which is fronted by several brick steps." ("Woodland Architecture" folder, Yolo County Archive) Construction of the building is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.
  • Post Office - Woodsfield OH
    The historic post office in Woodsfield, Ohio was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1938. The building, which houses an example of new Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Woodstock VT
    Constructed in 1937.
  • Post Office - Worthington OH
    The post office in Worthington was constructed in 1938 with Treasury Department funds. It is also the site of Vernon Carlock's "Scioto County Settler," sculpted in 1939.
  • Post Office - Wrightsville GA
    The Wrightsville Post Office was built in 1938 with New Deal funding. The lobby also houses a relief by Earl Thorp, entitled "Transition."
  • Post Office - Wynne AR
    Built in 1936 with Treasury Department funding. "On September 28, 1935, the Wynne Daily Star Progress reported that a lot on Merriman Avenue was picked as the site of a new post office for Wynne. Post Office Inspector Floyd Elliot recommended the location, and the Department of the Treasury paid Mrs. Lizzie Collins $6,000 for the property. A January 10, 1936, article noted that a cap of $65,000 was placed on construction costs of the structure, projected to be a one-story structure with a basement. Though the January article predicted a swift beginning to construction, it was summer before work began. An...
  • Post Office - Yellow Springs OH
    The historic post office building in Yellow Springs, Ohio was constructed with U.S. Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building, which features a New Deal mural in the lobby, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Yellowstone National Park WY
    The historic main post office for Yellowstone National Park is located on North Entrance Road, just north of Barracks Street in the Mammoth Hot Springs community near the north entrance of the park. The building was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and completed in 1937. Furthermore, the building is home to an example of New Deal artwork—two stone sculptures flank the front entrance to the building.
  • Post Office - Yerington NV
    The historic post office in Yerington was constructed in 1938 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. "The Yerington Main Post office is one-story red brick building which rests upon a raised basement platform. The front elevation is flat, symmetrical, and Classically-pro-portioned. Five bays divide the facade: two flat-arched bays and a centered, round-arched entry bay. Sandstone and wood are used for trim details. A copper-clad hipped roof covers the building. The Yerington Main Post Office is significant on the state level for art and on...
  • Post Office - Yuba City CA
    The main post office in Yuba City was built in 1939-1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department and Federal Work Administration. The style is vaguely Modernist Spanish Revival (red roof but minimalist columns).  An annex has been added (left side, facing) and the facade appears to have been resurfaced, not to good effect. Part of the interior is intact. In the lobby is Lulu Braghetta's wood sculpture, "The Wealth of Sutter County," completed in 1942 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office (abandoned) - Gary IN
    The historic former post office building in Gary, Indiana was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. Located at 6th Ave. and Massachusetts St., the building is presently abandoned—a haven for urban archaeologists.
  • Post Office (demolished) - Atlantic City NJ
    The historic post office in Atlantic City, New Jersey was constructed with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds in conjunction with the Treasury Department. The building, which was completed in 1937, housed New Deal artwork inside. Unfortunately, it has since been demolished. A local historic preservation site describes the former building: "The imposing Atlantic City Post Office was a New Deal project built between 1935 and 1937. Of neoclassical design, with Italian marble floors, brass ornaments and light fixtures, and two remarkable 1939 murals, "Family Recreations” and “Youth" executed by Peppino Mangravite, the building was intended to convey civic pride and a...
  • Post Office (demolished) - Cliffside Park NJ
    New Deal funds helped to construct a new post office for Cliffside Park in 1935. However, the building is no longer extant; postal operations moved to a new facility during the late 1990s and the building was demolished in the 2000s. The location of the old post office's “Rural Delivery,” a 1938 plaster relief by Bruno Neri is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Post Office (demolished) - Effingham IL
    The federal government financed the construction of a post office at the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Section Avenue in Effingham, Illinois during the Great Depression. Constructed at a cost of $79,800, the building bore a 1934 cornerstone and "opened to the public July 16, 1935." The building ceased serving as a post office in the fall of 1966, as the Post Office Department needed a larger space to conduct processing operations consistent with a sectional center at that time. The government was granted by the federal government to Unit 40 and the remodeled building became a kindergarten in 1967....
  • Post Office (demolished) - Fairport NY
    The historic post office building in Fairport, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1938, housed a example of New Deal artwork inside. Living New Deal believes the facility to have been located at S. Main St. and Church St., and that the building has been demolished.
  • Post Office (demolished) - Glastonbury CT
    The U.S. Treasury Department provided the funds for the construction of a new post office at the northeast corner of Main St. and Hebron Ave. The building was completed in 1937 but has since been demolished.
  • Post Office (demolished) - Redondo Beach CA
    A post office was built for Redondo Beach, California, in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. According to the December 13, 1935 Redondo Reflex, the Post Office was dedicated on December 7, 1935. The New Deal post office, located at 201 South Catalina Avenue, has since been demolished as part of the 'urban renewal' of the old town of Redondo Beach in the late 1960s. New Deal artworks created for the facility were moved to the current post office.  
  • Post Office (demolished) - Union City PA
    The federal Treasury Department funded the construction of a post office building in Union City, Pennsylvania at 11 E. High Street, ca. 1938. While the building has since been demolished a relief sculpture created for the lobby has been relocated to the 'new' post office in Union City.
  • Post Office (demolished) - White Bear Lake MN
    White Bear Lake was home to a historic post office building with New Deal connections. The building was likely completed in 1939 or 1940. No longer extant, in its place is a bank building at 2151 3rd Street.
  • Post Office (demolished) Extension - Bristol CT
    The historic former post office in Bristol, Connecticut was originally constructed during the early 20th century. An extension was added to the building as part of a New Deal project, which was completed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was located on the west side of Main Street at Riverside Avenue, has since been demolished.
  • Post Office (destroyed) - Wyomissing PA
    The historic former post office in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds ca. 1940. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, was destroyed by a natural gas explosion in 1979.
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