Start Year: 1937

The handsome and historic post office in Hebron, Nebraska was built in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is still in service.

The historic post office in Tecumseh, Nebraska was constructed in 1937-8 with federal funds. The stately facility is still in operation.

The historic post office in Albion, Nebraska was built in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania housed an example of New Deal artwork: "Western Pennsylvania," a mural painted by Niles Spencer in 1937-8. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article: "Landscape and Industrial Scene Combined in Mural; Mill and Hills Depicted in Painting Hung In Postoffice at Aliquippa." Combining a natural landscape with an industrial tableau, a mural, "Western Pennsylvania," painted by Niles Spencer, American artist, has been hung in the foyer of the Aliquippa postoffice. Impressionistic rather than photographic in its treatment, the mural depicts a mill scene against a background of...

The historic Spring Garden Station post office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania houses an example of New Deal artwork: “The Streets of Philadelphia,” a mural painted by Walter Gardner in 1937/8. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Preservation Alliance: "Philadelphia artist Walter Gardner (1902-1996) painted “The Streets of Philadelphia” in 1937 for the Spring Garden Post Office, one of many across the country built as part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal.  The painting depicts a bustling street scene with workers unloading goods in front of the Merchant Exchange on Dock Street.  Murals like this one represent an important...

The historic post office building in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

In 1937-1938, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) demolished and reconstructed Roosevelt Elementary School in Glendora, CA. Eighty-five men constructed a north wing, south wing, and main section with wood frame and stucco. The north wing held four classrooms. The school closed in 1989, and today there is housing where the school once stood.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Lane County Community School Stadium in Dighton, Kansas. The stone stadium was built by the WPA two years after the new school was built by the Public Works Administration. The stadium originally included extras, such as horseshoe pits and tennis courts, but these were taken out with a remodeling in the 1970s. The stadium is still in use.

This New Deal Post Office in Johnson City was built in 1937 with Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building, which replaced a previous federally built post office at 401 Ashe St., is now home to the WJHL-TV studios. An example of New Deal artwork that had been created for the building has since been relocated.

This stately New Deal facility was erected in 1937 as the Hollidays Cove post office. The post office building was dedicated on Jan. 22, 1938. In 1947 Hollidays Cove, Marland Heights and Weirton Heights incorporated into one city and took the name Weirton, and this became the Cove Station of Weirton. (This is not to be confused with another New Deal post office constructed in Weirton, which is no longer in use.)