- City:
- Binghamton, NY
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, Post Offices, Federal Courthouses, Administrative Buildings
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
- Artist:
- Kenneth Washburn
- Designer:
- Conrad and Cummings
Description
Originally built as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse and now the Federal Building and Courthouse, the building was completed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project with Treasury Department funding in 1935. Construction took approximately one year (~Sept. 1934 to Sept. 1935), and a striking set of New Deal murals resides in the lobby.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service:
Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966; Box 59.
Cornerstone
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2015.
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