Post Offices Sites

This post office was opened in 1937, built with funding from the Treasury Department. It also houses a mural by Mitchell Jamieson.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Constructed by the US Treasury in 1935.

The historic post office in Winnsboro, South Carolina was built in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic Winslow, Arizona post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1936, is still in service.

The historic post office in Winsted, Connecticut was constructed 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.

The stately post office in Winterset, Iowa was constructed in 1934-5 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

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.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.

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.

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.

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

The post office in Woodsville, New Hampshire was originally constructed with Treasury Department funds during the New Deal era, and completed in 1942. The building, which was significantly renovated and added to during the 1960s, at which point the cornerstone was replaced (now reading 1966). The gorgeous original Art Deco light fixtures have been replaced with fluorescent fixtures.

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.

The historic U.S. Post Office and Customs House in Wrangell, Alaska was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1942, houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in service.

The historic Wrightsville, Georgia post office was built in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. Its lobby is home to an example of New Deal artwork.

The historic post office in Wynne, Arkansas was constructed 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...

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.

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.

The historic post office in Yerington was constructed in 1939 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. NRHP: "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...

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.

The historic post office in Richland Center, Wisconsin was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935. The contractor was Maas Brothers Construction Co., Inc. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

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.

A new post office in Anaheim, California was constructed in 1935-6 with Treasury Department funds. The building was located on the north side of W. Broadway "just west of the library," between S. Anaheim Blvd. and S. Lemon St on today's maps. (A 1950 map places the PO at just east of the halfway point between the cross streets.) The site of the building, which has long since replaced and demolished, is currently mixed use housing. Work started in Oct. 1935 and the building's dedication ceremony took place on May 29, 1936. The construction contract was for $71,896 and an article...

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...

A new post office in Auburn, California was constructed in 1938 with Treasury Department funds. Ground was broken on May 2, 1938. The construction contractor was Lembke Construction Co., and the building opened for business on Feb. 1, 1939. A thorough description of the post office can be found in the Placer Herald article from Jan. 28, 1939. The building was located on the south side of Lincoln Way between High Street and Hillmont Avenue. In 1984 the building was sold by the GSA as the government replaced it with a new 24,000-square foot postal facility. The New Deal post office has...

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.

Colton, California received a new post office building constructed in 1935-6 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was located on the west side of N La Cadena Dr., south of W G St., adjacent to the alley between G and H St. A sketch of the building created in 1934 from official plans was accompanied by the following description of the to-be post office: "Concrete building of semi-Spanish architecture is called for. The entrance opens into a large lobby, with postmaster's office at right, workroom in rear and registry window at left. Basement is called for, and mezzanine floor...

A New Deal-era post office in Downey, California was completed in 1938, with construction enabled by Treasury Department funding. The building was located at the intersection of 2nd St. and La Reina Ave. (A 1949 map suggests the post office was at the southeast corner of the intersection.) The $75,000 building’s dedication ceremony took place on August 13, 1938 at 3:30 p.m. The post office was replaced by a new facility a couple of corners away in 1961, and the Depression-era post office has since been demolished.

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....

A post office was constructed "on the corner of Market and Edward Streets, across from the court house." Work on construction started in Oct. 1939 and the building opened for business April 1, 1940. The contractor was Murphy Pound of Columbia, Georgia. Per The Montgomery Advertiser, March 28, 1940: The $41,537 building located on the corner of Market and Edwards Streets is a creditable addition to the city’s public structures. It is 60 by 56 feet, of red brick construction with street level and basement floors and weathered gray tile roof. The building is set in a 183x103 lot, which has been sodded...

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.

Not to be confused with another post office built in the 1920s on SW 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale received a new post office in 1936 at the southeast corner of SE 1st Avenue and SE 2nd Street. The building has was demolished in the 1970s, and the site is now the corner of a parking garage.

The stately historic former post office in Fort Lee, New Jersey was built with Treasury Department funds in 1938-9. The building was home to New Deal artwork as well. The building bore a 1938 cornerstone and was "completed in late June and early July of 1939 at a cost around $47,728." Unfortunately, the building was demolished at the end of 2022 as part of a redevelopment effort by the borough's mayor, which led to the relocation of the post office to a modern civic center as well as the relocation of the artwork. The building had been listed as "one of...

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.

A gorgeous New Deal-era  post office was constructed in Hillsboro, Oregon in 1934-5 with Treasury Department funds. Located at the southwest corner of E. Main St. & SE 4th Ave., the building has since been demolished. Per The Oregon Daily Journal, Sept. 1, 1935: Hillsboro, Aug. 31.—First mail distribution from Hillsboro's new $45,000 federal building at the corner of East Main and South 4th avenue will be made on September 1, Fred Holznagel, postmaster, announced. Failure of certain necessary equipment to arrive caused the delay in moving, although authorization has been available since the first of the month. The new building is a...