• Guntersville Armory (former) - Guntersville AL
    The Guntersville Armory was constructed in 1936 under President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration. The project was a collaboration between the WPA and the Public Works Administration. The armory was constructed to house Company E of the 167th Infantry of the Alabama National Guard. Our local congressman, Joe Starnes, a member of the Armed Services Committee, was very influential in a national armory construction program. His perseverance led to the construction of numerous armories across the country as well as our own. After its completion in 1936, the armory was used for drills, training, and classroom instruction. President Roosevelt called the Guard to...
  • Guntersville Dam - Guntersville AL
    "Guntersville Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River... one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal-era initiative to create a continuous navigation channel on the entire length of the river and bring flood control and economic development to the region. The dam impounds the Guntersville Lake of 67,900 acres, and its tailwaters feed into Wheeler Lake." (Wikipedia)
  • Post Office (former) - Guntersville AL
    The historic post office in Guntersville, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, "he last day of postal service in this building was July 7, 2007. The new post office opened on July 9th." The Depression-era facility houses an example of New Deal artwork inside. The building's present use is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Guntersville AL
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Indians Receiving Gifts from the Spanish" was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The New Deal work was painted by Charles Russell Hardman and installed in the lobby of the historic Guntersville post office. As of July 2007, when a new post office was constructed in Guntersville, the old post office sits vacant.