- City:
- Warwick, RI
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
- Designer:
- Louis A. Simon
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This standard, Colonial Revival post office was built as a New Deal project. Examples of this building can be seen all over the country. This building serves as the central post office for the city of Warwick, and is notable for its 1942 mural by Paul Sample depicting local shellfishers.
Source notes
Page 10, The Walking Tour of Historic Apponaug Village (Don A. D'Amato, 1998) - A small tourism booklet.
Site originally submitted by John P. on February 21, 2014.
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