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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.

The U.S. The Treasury Department funded the construction of the Torrance Post Office on Marcelina Ave. Congress allotted $63,800 for the project and construction started in February of 1935. The post office was completed later that year. "The building was part of an eight-building Works Progress Administration project built in the mid-1930s that included the post office, a civic auditorium, City Hall and library. The entire project was heralded around the country as an example of a new and wonderful civic center. The style of architecture is called moderne and the post office is the only building still being used...

The historic post office in Traverse City, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

Another Colonial Revival style post office built under the New Deal is the Tylertown post office. It was constructed in 1940, the last of the five post offices built between 1931-1940 by the Columbia & Hattiesburg firm of Dye & Mulling. It contains a mural by Lucile Blanch, "Rural Mississippi--From Early Days to Present" that was completed in 1941.

The historic post office in Upper Sandusky, Ohio was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds, under  architect John Moore. Louis Simon served as Supervising Architect and Neal Melick served as Supervising Engineer. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.

The historic post office in Viroqua, Wisconsin was constructed in 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The Walpole post office was constructed in 1937 with New Deal funds.

The historic post office building in Walsenburg, Colorado was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The facility, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic post office in Watonga, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1937 and is still in use today. From Waymarking.com: This is a one-story red brick building, with a side to side gable roof covered in composition shingles. The entrance is on the east and consists of a 6-step staircase with iron railings leading to a double aluminum and glass doorway, with sidelights and a fixed transom. Above the entrance is a multi-paned fanlight. The windows throughout are 9 over 9 single hung. In the lobby, the original wood...

The post office is a typical depression era building with Colonial Revival details. It rests side gabled along the street with a four sided lantern topped with a weathervane centered on the roof. Built of brick with four bays and a central door. The windows large wooded are 12 over 12 double hung. The entrance is a double glass door. The building cost $85,000. It was dedicated on July 4, 1941 by Brig General Lewis B. Hersey, acting national director of the selective service, speakers also included Smith W. Purdum, assistant postmaster general. The cornerstone reads: "James A. Farley -- Postmaster...

The New Deal post office in Whittier, California, was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. It was designed by R. L. Warren, with Louis A. Simon, one of the Roosevelt Administration's chief New Deal architects, serving as Supervising Architect. Neal A. Melick served as Supervising Engineer. The building is still in service, but the New Deal mural has been painted over during renovations.  

The main post office in Yuba City was built in 1939-1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department and Federal Work Administration. The style is vaguely Modernist Spanish Revival (red roof but minimalist columns).  An annex has been added (left side, facing) and the facade appears to have been resurfaced, not to good effect. Part of the interior is intact. In the lobby is Lulu Braghetta's wood sculpture, "The Wealth of Sutter County," completed in 1942 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

From Flickr user Courthouselover in 2012: "Built in 1940, this former post office today acts as the Alvin Historical Museum. The old mural that once hung in this post office's lobby today is rolled up in storage awaiting restoration." Since then, the mural has been restored, thanks to the efforts of former Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan and his wife Ruth. It now hangs in the museum.

The historic former post office building in Benton, Arkansas was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building presently houses the Salvation Army. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has since been relocated.

The historic New Deal post office building in Bethesda MD – sometimes misattributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) – was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937. The Neo-Georgian building was constructed out of native stone trucked in from Stoneyhurst Quarries on River Road... (www.bethesdamagazine.com) The post office remained in use until 2012, when "faced with mounting financial difficulties, the USPS  closed it in 2012 and sold it for $4 million to the Donohoe Companies." The New Deal mural from the post office has been restored and was relocated to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center in 2013.

One of the few municipal projects to be funded through the Hoover Administration's 1931 general appropriations bill (Pub. L. No. 869, 46 Stat. 1552, 1587), the former Post Office in Beverly Hills, CA, was completed by the Treasury Department in 1933. "The prominent and prolific Architect Ralph C. Flewelling, designer of buildings at UCLA and USC, in concert with Alison & Alison Architects, received the commission for the Italian Renaissance Revival style building. The Post Office officially opened in 1934 and was dedicated in 1936 under the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration" (see "Building History"). Of the post office, architect Flewelling said:...

In 1936, the Campbellsville post office was built with funding from the Treasury Department. It is currently the home of the legal firm Bertram, Cox, and Miller. The murals once installed in the post office are listed as destroyed.

The Treasury Department funded the construction of the former Post office in Corbin, KY. The structure was built on East Center Street (now Roy Kidd Avenue). Today, the former Post Office serves as the Corbin Independent School District Building. The building is located at the northwest corner of Roy Kidd Avenue (formerly East Center Street) and North Depot Street. The building is a flat lot overlooking a sloping road that runs from Main (US 25) eastward to go under the railroad.

The historic former post office building was a New Deal project, constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building is now municipally owned.

The historic post office building in Ely, Nevada, was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the Great Depression in 1937-1938.  It is a classic "federal" style brick building, a standard design for many post offices of the time. The building was sold to private owners in recent years and is presently  known as the Postal Palace Convention Center, a part of the operations of the Hotel Nevada and Casino on Main Street. The interior has been modified for its new use, but some of the original lobby is still there (in 2023).

"Built in 1935-1936 at a cost of $60,000, this was the seventh and first long-term post office in Graham. It was one of a number of Depression-era federally funded projects built in the city. An excellent example of a Moderne style post office of the 1930s, the structure contains an intact mural by regional painter Alexandre Hogue. The edifice was designed by U.S. Treasury architect Louis A. Simon. Its distinctive features include decorative aluminum grillwork, sculptural metal lights and Zig-Zag Art Moderne stone friezes. The U.S. Postal operations were relocated to another site in 1992." (Texas Historical Commission) Repurposed as a museum...

This building was constructed by the U.S. Treasury as the Lewisburg TN post office building in 1935. The post office has since moved to a new location, along with the New Deal mural was originally installed here.

This former Lexington Tennessee Post Office was built by the Treasury Department in 1937. It now houses the Beech River Heritage Museum and still contains a New Deal mural “The Progress of Power.”

This New Deal post office was constructed by the US Treasury Department in 1940. The post office eventually moved to a larger facility at 1601 Hillsboro Blvd. This building is still standing, though it's current use is unknown to the Living New Deal. The New Deal mural that was originally painted for this post office now hangs in the new post office.

The Treasury Department funded the construction of the Post Office in McAllen TX. Texas Historical Commission Plaque on site: "Built in 1935, this was the sixth location of the McAllen Post Office after its creation in 1907. The facility was dedicated on January 22, 1936, and served as a postal facility until 1957. Since 1958, the building has been used for a variety of purposes, including Federal and city office space. The Spanish colonial revival structure features a baroque frontispiece around the front door, corbelled cornice, and red tile roof. (Text of Historical Marker)" Building cornerstone" "Henry Morgenthau Jr Secretary of the Treasury James A Farley Postmaster...

The former McKenzie Tennessee post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935. It now houses the Gordon Browning Museum.

The former post office at 95 N County Road in Palm beach, Florida is a striking example of Spanish Colonial Revival design. It was constructed in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds and houses examples of New Deal artwork. NRHP nomination form: "The building is made of stucco. The interior has maple wood floors except for the lobby which has a tile floor. The lobby is very impressive. Decorative exposed cypress beams (never refinished) in excellent condition are on the lobby ceiling. Hanging in the lobby are three murals painted by Charles Rosen completed in 1938 depicting Seminole Indian scenes. ... The lobby...

The former Pittsburg post office, a Spanish Revival building, was constructed in 1935 by the US Treasury Department's Division of Procurement. It has been sold to private owners (as have all too many post offices) and the building is now occupied by Property Upsurge, a property management company.

This classic Post Office building was constructed in 1940. "An article from the Mountain Democrat quotes Postmaster Joseph Scherer as having receipts of $28,928 for 1936 — an increase of more than a thousand dollars. “This continuing increase is a good argument for a new post office building,” the newspaper proclaimed. By 1940 the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new two-story steel and concrete Federal Building was held at 515 Main St., with Postmaster Anna Scherer officiating. In addition to the post office, which occupied the entire first floor, the new building housed the IRS, Department of Agriculture and office...

The elegant New Deal post office in Santa Monica, CA, was constructed in 1937-38 with Treasury Department funds. It was sold off by the US Postal Service in 2012 (the fate of many classic post offices in the 21st century). Efforts to stop the privatization of the old post office failed, but the building was landmarked and the facade and lobby were saved. "In December 2013, 1248 5th Street LLC purchased the Santa Monica Post Office as creative office space for Skyspace Productions. Prior to the purchase, Santa Monica City Council agreed to accept a preservation covenant for the post office's exterior...

The historic former post office in Seguin, Texas was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1934. The building is now privately owned.

The historic post office building in Silver Spring MD was constructed in 1936-37 by the Treasury Department. Its construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA (Works Progress Administration).   It is a typical Colonial Revival style building, often used in the eastern states for post offices during the interwar period. The U.S. Postal Service sold off the building in 1981, which is now privately owned and occupied by a medical office.  The interior was completely redone by the new owners. The Silver Spring Historical Society is in possession several items salvaged from the renovation. A New Deal mural originally installed in the post...

In 1940 this post office opened for the use of the citizens of Spearfish. It was built in an architectural style that was used in many small towns. There were also offices in the basement to house federal programs such as the Extension Service. From 1930 to to 1942 the federal government greatly expanded its public building programs. The style of the Spearfish post office was described as Class C, for a "second class city," which was defined by the volume of postal receipts. The Class C post offices were brick buildings with wood doors and windows and very simple...

This former post office building was constructed by the Treasury in 1937. It is now privately owned. The post office originally contained a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "A Massachusetts Countryside" painted by Jean Watson in 1940. "The mural was removed from the old post office in 1986 when a new one was completed. It hung in the town hall until 1990 but during renovations of the town hall was actually placed in the trash by the contractors. The president of the historical society saved the mural from the trash and has stored the mural in the attic of his shop...

The former post office in Ukiah CA was built in 1936 and inaugurated Jan. 30, 1937. The building's construction was funded by the Treasury Department, and is sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is a typical single-story Moderne-style building of the 1930s, constructed 0f poured concrete, covering 11,200 square-feet.  It cost $72,315 (pressdemocrat.com).  This post office was taken out of service in 2012 and put on the market, despite considerable protest from the local community.  Local activists succeeded in having it placed on the National Register of Historic Places that year. It was still sitting unused behind a steel fence in...

The York Post Office was constructed ca. 1939-40 with Treasury Department funds. The building was sold in 2013, and operations relocated.  

Mural entitled "Oil Fields of Graham" painted by Alexandre Hogue, University of Tulsa Art Professor Emeritus, in 1939. The mural "depicts the area's economic base, oil and natural gas production, and agriculture"(Old Post Office Museum and Art Center, opomac.net). The mural depicts E. S. Graham, the founder of Graham, standing in front of Standpipe Mountain (located in the center of Graham), and oil field workers (Nancy Lorance, American Oil & Gas Historical Society). The mural was painted over during a repaint of the post office, but restored and preserved.

Frank W. Long painted the oil-on-canvas mural "The Rural Free Delivery" in 1939 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work is housed in what was originally constructed as the Morehead post office, is now a municipal building. The mural is viewable in the lobby. From contributor Charles Swaney: "Interestingly, even though Frank Long painted as many murals or more than any other New Deal muralist, his initial sketch was rejected by Ed Rowen, the head of the section.  Rowen objected to the obesity and unattractive woman in the center of the mural and the contrast with the very attractive...

The oil painting, "Buffalo Hunting," was one of two murals created in 1940 for the then-new former post office building in Livingston, Texas. It depicts an Indian brave on a brown and white pony riding next to a buffalo with his bow ready to shoot. Another buffalo is behind the pony. They are riding across a desert with a hawk flying and a roadrunner in front of the buffalo. According to the plaque below the painting, the artist, Theodore Van Soelen, was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. (The work is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.) The Postal Service...

There are 6 murals in the now-former post office building at 151 West Street in Rutland, Vermont. Painted in 1937 by Stephen J. Belaski, the works depict the "Early History of Vermont." The artwork was commissioned under the auspices of the TRAP (Treasury Relief Art Project). Though the post office has moved to an adjacent property, the murals are still accessible for public viewing.