- City:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Started:
- 1935
- Designer:
- Victor D. Abel
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s old Kingsessing Station post office, located at the western corner of Whitby Ave. and S 52nd St., was constructed during the Great Depression with federal Treasury Department funds. The building has undergone extensive renovations and is now privately owned, serving as a funeral home. New Deal artwork that had been created for this location has been relocated to a non-public setting at a different postal facility.
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Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 4, 2015.
Site last updated on March 7, 2025.
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Alan Sandals
Triptych mural by brothers Raphael and Moses Soyer was removed and conserved by USPS. I viewed the murals in storage in the late 1990’s.