- City:
- Covington, LA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1938
- Contractor:
- R. P. Farnsworth & Co. Inc.
Description
Now the Covington School Board Annex, Covington, Louisiana’s then-new post office was constructed with U.S. Treasury Department funds during the Great Depression. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, was completed in 1938.
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.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 1, 2015.
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Kalisa Hobbs
The historic Southern Hotel bought this site a few years ago. They call it The Garden House. I assume the mural is still there but don’t know what I’m looking for.