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  • R.D. Edwards Building (Old Post Office) - Quincy FL
    The historic former post office in Quincy, Florida was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. Ground was broken on Jan. 18, 1935. The building served as the post office until the late 1990s; now, it houses Quincy's police department as the R.D. Edwards Building.  
  • Post Office - Bradenton FL
    The historic post office at 9th Street and Manatee Avenue in Bradenton, Florida was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. Interestingly, unlike other post office construction projects, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) seems to have played a part. The post office cornerstone bears a date of 1935; other articles suggest construction began Jan. 1936, while the post office entered into service in early 1937. Per The Bradenton Herald: Postoffice Work Resumed And Sneads Island Project Underway Construction jobs in Manatee county on which 32 men are employed, were started this morning ... resumption of the work of rebuilding the Bradenton postoffice...
  • Post Office (former) - Laurel DE
    The historic former post office in Laurel, Delaware was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.
  • Post Office (former) - Westport CT
    The former post office in Westport, Connecticut, located at 154 Post Road, was built in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds.  "It was designed by Lansing Holden, a World War I flying ace, who won the Distinguished Service Cross.  Returning home from the war, he took up his father’s profession as an architect. Holden continued to fly, and in 1938 he died in a crash trying to land in bad weather." In 2011 the post office was sold to a private real estate company, and postal operations relocated to a strip plaza. The building then housed a high-end restaurant, though it...
  • Post Office (former) - New Milford CT
    The historic (former) post office in New Milford, Connecticut was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, now serves municipal functions.
  • Municipal Building (Old Post Office) - Osceola AR
    Constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funding (sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), including by a historical marker on-site!), the former Post Office in Osceola, Arkansas is typical of the type of small post offices that were built during the New Deal for rural towns. The $55,000 project probably begun during the tenure of Postmaster Arch Smith in 1935 but was finished and dedicated during that of Clement Bowen who served as Osceola’s postmaster until 1942. This split-level building has a fully usable basement, which allowed the Postal Service three floors of functioning space. The building originally had...
  • Post Office (former) - Bentonville AR
    The historic former post office building in Bentonville, Arkansas was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building presently houses court functions for Benton County. As of 2025 a plan to potentially demolish the structure (proposed in 2016) has not come to pass.
  • Post Office - Winslow AZ
    The historic Winslow, Arizona post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened for business in 1936, is still in service.
  • Post Office (former) - Tuskegee AL
    The stately New Deal-era former post office in Tuskegee, Alabama was built in 1935. Postal operations were moved to a new building in 1991, and the historic Depression-era building now serves as an arts center. An example of New Deal artwork created for the site has since been relocated to the 'new' post office.
  • Municipal Court (Old Post Office) - Clanton AL
    The historic former post office building in Clanton, Alabama, now the municipal courthouse, was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. Details of the facility's early construction and dedication can be found at the historic news articles linked to below.
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