Coos Art Museum (former Marshfield Post Office) - Coos Bay OR

City:: Coos Bay, OR
Site Type:: Post Offices, Education and Health, Federal Facilities, Museums
New Deal Agencies:: Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Completed:: 1936
Contractor:: Hoffman Construction Co.
Quality of Information:: Good
Marked:: No
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay was originally constructed in 1936 as the post office for what was then Marshfield, Oregon. Marshfield changed name to Coos Bay on Feb. 15, 1945.

The Coos Art Museum (CAM) acquired the building in the 1970s and after fund-raising and renovation work moved the CAM collections.

Public Works Administration (PWA) Federal Project No. 324.

Source notes

National Archives: RG 121, BS Series: Records of the Public Buildings Service: Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966. Box 73.

Cornerstone

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 4, 2015.