Start Year: 1937

The stately post office in Millen, Georgia was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. Postmaster General James A. Farley dedicated the post office on April 28, 1938, as part of a tour that included multiple other new postal facilities in Georgia. Per The Macon Telegraph, Apr. 27, 1938: Farley will get a typical Savannah welcome when be arrives here tomorrow in this city famed for its hospitality. There will be a delegation at the Union station to meet his train at 7 a.m. He will be entered at a breakfast. A motorcade will start afterwards for Millen. where Farley is to...

The stately McRae post office was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. Postmaster General James A. Farley dedicated the post office on April 28, 1938, as part of a tour that included multiple other new postal facilities in Georgia.

The former Depression-era post office in Conyers, Georgia was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has since been relocated. While the building's current address can be given as 920 South Main St. NE, today it is more easily identified as the structure at the eastern corner of the intersection of North Main St. NW and Milstead Ave. NE. After the post office relocated the county acquired the building, and has since connected multiple disparate buildings into part of an interconnected complex that includes the county courthouse. (Contrary to what...

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

The historic post office building in Thomaston, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and opened in 1938. The building, which houses a New Deal mural in its lobby, is still in active use.

The Forest Hills Station post office in Queens was built in 1937-8.  It was designed by Lorimer Rich. The single story, flat roofed building is done in Modern or International Style, clad with reddish brown terra cotta above a base of granite. (Wikipedia) Professor Andrew Dolkart of Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation says, admiringly, that the "Forest Hills Station is a simple, Modern design. It is basically two cubes that have collided... It is mystery...just how the government chose to fund this project, at a time when most post offices were Colonial Revival." A bas-relief sculpture by Sten Jacobsen is...

The historic post office building in Siloam Springs, Arkansas was constructed in 1937 with federal funding. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building can still be found in the lobby. The building is now privately owned.

The historic post office in Piggott, Arkansas was constructed in 1937-8 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. Louis A. Simon served as the supervising architect and Neal A. Melick was supervising engineer. The building also houses an example of New Deal artwork: a mural entitled "Air Mail," in the lobby.

The historic post office in Nashville, Arkansas was built in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which is still in service, houses an example of New Deal artwork specifically created for the lobby.

The historic former post office building in McGehee, Arkansas was constructed as a New Deal project in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned and its current functionality is unknown to Living New Deak.