Marked Sites

The Lexington, Massachusetts branch post office was constructed with Treasury Department funds and opened for business in 1938. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. The 1937 cornerstone reads: "Henry Morgenthau Jr Secretary of the Treasury James A Farley Postmaster General Louis A Simon Supervising Architect Neal A Melick Supervising Engineer 1937"

The historic post office in Livingston, TN, was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935.

The historic post office building in Long Beach, New York "was built in 1936 and designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, symmetrically massed building faced with red brick in the Colonial Revival style. It features a central five-bay-wide section with a gable roof, flanked by single bay end pavilions with gable roofs perpendicular to the central section." (Wikipedia) The building became also houses an example of New Deal artwork, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Plain building design with a James Farley marker in the ground in front of the building showing that it was constructed by the US Treasury in 1939.

The Colonial Revival post office in Magnolia is one of 32 constructed in Mississippi during the New Deal administration. It contains three murals by John H. Fyfe. The post office retains many of its original features, including the wooden entry vestibule common to the design. Enzweiler (1993) described the exterior features of the post office as: "...doorway flanked by wooden, Doric pilasters supporting an architrave with dentils...recessed panel with a brick voissoir surround, cast stone eagle one foot tall." It bears the standard cornerstone identifying the Secretary of the Treasury, Postmaster General, Supervising Architect, and Supervising Engineer.

The historic main post office building in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935. It is the only traditional, fully New Deal post office on the island, and the only one in Puerto Rico that features New Deal artwork. The building was named in honor of Miguel Angel García Méndez in 2007. NRHP: “The United States Post Office and Court House is a two-story, rectangular structure with one story wings at each side. The building sits on a privileged site in Mayagüez, slightly raised, claiming different vistas from town. A concrete and iron fence circles the landscaped area.” “The...

The contract to build the Millbury post office was awarded to the Daniel Cunningham Construction Company on March 15, 1940.  The project was to be completed within 270 calendar days at a cost of $54,353.00.  Groundbreaking occurred at the end of April and construction was completed in late October.  The building officially opened on January 27, 1941 with postmaster James L. Ivory. The walls and ceiling are constructed of steel and are reinforced with stone and concrete.  The basement contains a large room that was originally constructed as a bomb shelter. The mural "An Incident in the King Philip War, 1670" was painted...

The historic post office in Minerva, Ohio was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The historic post office in Montgomery, West Virginia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1935, is still in service.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.

The post office in Muskegon was constructed between 1937 and 1938. Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), it was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The large, two-story structure was built to replace a 1904 building. There is no New Deal artwork on site.

This New Deal post office in Nazareth was built in 1936. Louis A. Simon served as the Supervising Architect and Neal A. Melick as the Supervising Engineer.

The post office in Norwood, MA was constructed during the opening months of the New Deal in 1933.

The Treasury Department funded the construction of the Post Office in Ocean City, NJ.

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938.

The Renaissance-revival style post office in Oroville CA was begun under President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and completed under President Roosevelt in 1933.  It is not known what portion of the funding came from the New Deal, but possibly less than half. The exterior and interior of the building are still in fine condition with original detailing. The supervising architect of the Treasury Department at the time was Frederick Meyer, but there may have been a local architect involved in the project, as was often the case.

The Oxnard Post Office was built by the Treasury Department Bureau of Public Buildings in 1939.  It is a two story building in Italian Renaissance Revival style.  It is still in active use and the original lobby is intact.

The historic post office building in Pacific Grove, California was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural in its lobby, is still in use today. The design is "Monterey style" with tile roof(s) and stucco walls, but the bas-relief columns on the front give a classical touch.  

This one-story brick building with large porch, supported by six large columns, was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds under the Federal Works Agency. Cornerstone: James A. Farley Postmaster General John M. Carmody Federal Works Administrator W. Englebert Reynolds Supervising Architect Neal A. Melick Supervising Engineer 1939

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936 under the supervision of Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon and Supervising Engineer Neal A. Melick.

The historic post office building in Pipestone, Minnesota was constructed with federal Treasury Department in 1935. The building is still in service.

The magnificent Poughkeepsie post office was built by the Treasury Department as part of the New Deal in 1937-39.  The architecture is a kind of colonial revival done in the rough stone style of the Dutch settlers of the Hudson Valley.  The post office lobby contains exceptional murals  depicting six scenes in local and state history (see accompanying mural page). The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. FDR took a keen interest in post offices near his family home in Hyde Park.  As the wikipedia entry describes it: "The building was the second of five post offices...

The historic post office in Preston, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1939. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork  and is still in use today.

The historic downtown post office building in Redding, California was constructed by the federal Treasury Department in 1936. It is still in use today. The elegant Moderne design with fluted "columns" is by Albert Roller and features a graceful front stairway with two decorative urns and light fixtures flanking the entrance.  Two bas-relief eagles mark the corners of the facade. It appears that the striking blue highlights are original, if repainted over time. The original lobby was modernized at an unknown date, leaving the front desk area (on the left as one enters) quite undistinguished. But the two corridors with personal mailboxes are intact.

The Rhinebeck post office was built in 1939 in the stone Dutch Colonial style popular around the Hudson Valley. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who took a lively interest in the local architecture in Dutchess County, his family's ancestral home, insisted that the model for this post office should be "Kipsbergen," an 18th century Rhinebeck home occupied by his ancestors, the Beekmans.  That house had burned in the early 20th century; some of its stones were used in construction of the post office. FDR, Postmaster General James Farley and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. were all present at the dedication ceremony on May...

The Treasury Department funded the construction of this post office, designed by Louis Simon, in 1936. It features a modern deco design with flat stone around the entryway, tall windows, and modern light fixtures flanking the entry. Above the windows towards the north and south sides of the front, there are propellers emphasizing the use of air mail. There is no mural in this post office.

The Ripley post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

New Deal post office with the standard cornerstone, erected in 1940. According to a National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, the structure was built circa 1940. "One-story, side gable, post office building with engaged, end chimneys. There are three, one-story, flat roof additions on the rear; the one on the rear is a loading dock. Asphalt shingle roof. Partial return cornice. Dentiled cornice with plain frieze. Red brick façade. Double central entrance doors flanked by a pair of 12/12 windows with concrete sills. Entrance door has undivided transom and decorative surround with fluted pilasters with caps and plinth block with...

The historic post office in Rockdale, Texas was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

The Rockwood post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

In 1939, the Treasury Department funded the construction of this typical colonial style post office with a central cupola, a red brick façade, with stone accents. There is no mural in this post office.

The historic post office in Sayre, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1939 and is still in use today.

This New Deal post office was built by the Treasury in 1935.

The historic post office building in Spencer, Indiana was constructed with New Deal funds in 1938. It is still in use today.  

Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.

The post office in Susanville, California was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural by Helen Forbes, is still in service.  The facade of the building has been totally modified, however, by the addition of a front porch in the 1960s. There are photos of the building's construction, original facade and reconstruction in cases inside the building (alas, the photographs of those photos, below, show reflection from the glass in the cases). 

The Sweetwater post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940.

The historic post office in Teague, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1936, is still in use today.

The historic post office building in Tonopah, Nevada was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1940-41.   The building is still in use today and the interior appears largely unchanged over time.