• Post Office - Susanville CA
    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). 
  • Post Office Mural - Susanville CA
    "Deer," an egg tempera mural, was painted by Helen K. Forbes for the Susanville, California post office in 1939. The project was funded by the federal Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.
  • Roosevelt Pool - Susanville CA
    The Roosevelt pool in Susanville was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939.   It began as a community pool – a project long sought by the people of Susanville – and then was attached to Roosevelt School next door.  After a half-century of excellent service, the pool had to be closed in 2004 due to structural failure brought on by neglect (it began to leak).  It was demolished in 2015. Fortunately, a visitor to site in the late 1990s and took photographs of the pool.  The Susanville Historical Society also has photographs of the pool in its prime (unfortunately,...