- City:
- Gastonia, NC
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
The Gastonia post office was completed in 1935 with the assistance of funds provided by the federal government. It is also the site of Francis Speight’s 1938 mural, “Cotton Field and Spinning Mill,” painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and available for view in the lobby.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
Site originally submitted by The Living New Deal on November 26, 2014.
Additional contributions by Hans Johnson.
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