Post Office (former) – Freehold NJ

City:
Freehold, NJ

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Description

Constructed by the Treasury in 1934. The building was expanded in 1957-62. The post office moved to a new facility in 1991, and this building is now the Monmouth County Veterans Memorial Building and home to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office.

The post office originally contained a New Deal mural by Gerald Foster. The mural now hangs in the Monmouth County Public Library.

Source notes

https://freeholdnj.homestead.com/Postal.html

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 5, 2013.

Location Info

50 East Main St.
Freehold, NJ 07728

Coordinates: 40.2611429, -74.27186

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