Side of the building
Agency: Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA), Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding
Started: 1936
Completed: 1937
Designers: Louis A Simon - Architect
Contractors: Neal A. Melick - Supervising Engr.
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
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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.
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Front of the building
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One of the relief art that decorates the building
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Texas Historical Marker for Post Office
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Cornerstone
Source notes
Cornerstone NPS Document - https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000288.pdf
Project originally submitted by Eveline Evans on February 27, 2017.
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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