Bastrop, LA post office
Project type: Federal Facilities, Post Offices
New Deal Agencies: Treasury Department (TD)
Started: 1935
Completed: 1936
Contractors: R. P. Farnsworth & Co. Inc.
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The historic former post office building in Bastrop, Louisiana was completed in 1935 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which has been extensively modified, is still in service, and still bears its original 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 36.https://www.bastropenterprise.com/news/20190111/bastrop-post-office-dedicated-this-week-in-1936
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 1, 2015.
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