- City:
- Mineola, TX
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Education and Health, Federal Facilities, Museums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Louis A Simon - Architect
- Contractor:
- Neal A. Melick - Supervising Engr.
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The post office in Mineola was built in 1936 under the Public Works Administration (PWA) program and was designed by architects at the U.S. Treasury Department. It continued to be used as a post office until 1998. It is now the Mineola Historical Museum.
Source notes
Cornerstone
NPS Document - https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000288.pdf
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on February 27, 2017.
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Andy Cook
Hello, I am trying to find more information on an establishment from the 1930s. It was called Herms Cafe or Herms restaurant. It was owned by my grandfathers uncle in 1937, Family name Turk. If you have any articles, photos, anything at all to give me I’d appreciate it