Binghamton, NY post office and courthouse
Agency: Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA), Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding
Started: 1934
Completed: 1935
Artists: Kenneth Washburn
Designers: Conrad and Cummings
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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.
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Federal Building and Courthouse cornerstone
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Cornerstone
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
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2015.
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