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  • Pootatuck State Forest Roads - New Fairfield CT
    Construction projects undertaken by C.C.C. Camp Hook included "road construction in the Pootatuck State Forest."
  • Popular Library Murals - Bridgeport CT
    Re: a photograph "taken in 1944 in what is now the Popular Library of the main Burroughs-Saden Branch of the Bridgeport Public Library at Broad and State streets in downtown Bridgeport ... was the library's children's room... The murals in the corner were painted as a Works Progress Administration project, according to Mary Witkowski, who heads the library's historical collections. "It's still there," she said."
  • Post Office - Clinton CT
    The historic post office in Clinton, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and was completed in 1937. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Danielson CT
    The historic post office in Danielson, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - East Hampton CT
    The historic post office building in East Hampton, Connecticut was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - East Hartford CT
    Commissioned by the Treasury Department and completed in 1939, the historic East Hartford branch post office houses an example of New Deal artwork. It is still in service.
  • Post Office - Lakeville CT
    The historic post office building in Lakeville, Connecticut was constructed using federal Treasury Department funds. A Section of Fine Arts mural hangs in the lobby. The building, which was completed in 1941, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Madison CT
    The historic post office in Madison, Connecticut was constructed with Treasury Department funds and completed in 1940. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Norwalk CT
    The historic main post office in Norwalk, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Oakville CT
    The historic post office building in Oakville, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1940, houses an example of New Deal artwork inside and is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Plainville CT
    The historic post office building in Plainville, Connecticut was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Portland CT
    The historic post office building in Portland, Connecticut was constructed using federal Treasury Department funds. A Section of Fine Arts mural hangs in the lobby. The building, which was completed in 1942, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Shelton CT
    The historic Shelton, Connecticut post office was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Southington CT
    Constructed in 1940, this New Deal post office is also the site of Ann Hunt Spence's 1942 mural, "Romance of Southington," painted under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office - Stonington CT
    The historic Stonington post office was constructed in 1940-1 under the Federal Works Agency with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Thomaston CT
    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.
  • Post Office - West Haven CT
    The historic post office building in West Haven, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in active use.
  • Post Office - Winsted CT
    The historic post office in Winsted, Connecticut was completed in 1936-7 with the assistance of funds provided by the federal government. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office (demolished) - Glastonbury CT
    The U.S. Treasury Department provided the funds for the construction of a new post office at the northeast corner of Main St. and Hebron Ave. The building was completed in 1937 but has since been demolished.
  • Post Office (demolished) Extension - Bristol CT
    The historic former post office in Bristol, Connecticut was originally constructed during the early 20th century. An extension was added to the building as part of a New Deal project, which was completed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was located on the west side of Main Street at Riverside Avenue, has since been demolished.
  • Post Office (former) - Enfield CT
    The historic post office building in Enfield, Connecticut was constructed using federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1937, was originally known as the Thompsonville post office. The building is no longer in use as a post office; located at 89 High St. in Thompsonville, it is now privately owned.
  • Post Office (former) - Fairfield CT
    The historic former post office in Fairfield, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and completed in 1936. The building was sold to private interests in 2012; the building has since been highly modified though the façade remains largely intact.
  • Post Office (former) - New Milford CT
    The historic (former) post office in New Milford, Connecticut was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935. The building now houses municipal Parks and Recreation offices.
  • Post Office (former) - Torrington CT
    The historic former post office building in Torrington, Connecticut was constructed with federal funds during the Great Depression. An example of New Deal artwork that had been housed in the former post office has been relocated to USPS's current location on Elm Street. The New Deal-era building is now privately owned and known as Old Post Office Square. "This post office has two entrances, which is unusual except in large buildings, and its along most of the side. The lobby has a terrazzo floor, marble wainscot, and plaster above, decorated with mural paintings. The construction is fireproof except for the roof;...
  • Post Office (former) - Westport CT
    The former post office in Westport, Connecticut, located at 154 Post Road, was built in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds.  "It was designed by Lansing Holden, a World War I flying ace, who won the Distinguished Service Cross.  Returning home from the war, he took up his father’s profession as an architect.  Holden continued to fly, and in 1938 he died in a crash trying to land in bad weather." In 2011 the post office was sold to a private real estate company. The building then housed a high-end restaurant, though it has changed hands again.
  • Post Office (former) - Windsor CT
    This former post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1940. It now houses the Raymond B McHugh VFW Post 4470.
  • Post Office (former) Extension - Greenwich CT
    The historic post office in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut was originally constructed in 1916-7. A rear extension was added to the building to as part of a New Deal project completed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility has since been relocated.
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Fairfield CT
    This oil-on-canvas Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Tempora Mutantur et Nos Mutamur in Illis” was painted for the old Fairfield, Connecticut post office by Alice Flint in 1938. The mural was restored in 2013 and moved to a second floor conference room of Sullivan-Independence Hall (Fairfield's main municipal office building) when the original New Deal post office was sold to private interests.
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Greenwich CT
    This Section of Fine Arts mural, entitled "Old Days in Greenwich," was painted by Victoria Hutson Huntley in 1939. Created for the historic main post office for Greenwich, the mural has since been relocated: "The Board of Ed and the Greenwich Board of Selectmen finalized a loan agreement that will allow installation of the large mural depicting Colonial life in Greenwich in the lobby of the Havemeyer Building," which is located roughly across the street from the old P.O.
  • Post Office (former) Relief - New Milford CT
    The former post office building in New Milford, Connecticut (which now the municipal Parks and Recreation department) still houses original New Deal artwork. This wooden relief, titled "The Post," was created under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938 by Mildred Jerome.
  • Post Office Extension - Norwich CT
    The historic 1905 post office building in Norwich, Connecticut was extended and remodeled with federal Treasury Department funds in a New Deal project completed in 1939. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office Mural - Clinton CT
    The historic post office in Clinton, Connecticut houses an example of New Deal artwork: an oil-on-canvas Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “The Post Road in Connecticut,” painted in 1937 by William Meyerowitz.
  • Post Office Mural - East Hartford CT
    This tempera mural "The Stop of Hooker's Band in East Hartford before Crossing the River" was one of 48-State Competition Post Office Murals. It has been damaged, but half of the mural remains. "This five by thirteen foot mural, painted in egg tempera, was the result of a Public Works Administration national competition held in 1940, when Tobey was still an art student at Yale. The painting was influenced by the works of Italian fresco painter Piero della Francesca, and the style is different from the realism that characterizes most of Tobey's other historical works. Although popularly referred to as "The...
  • Post Office Mural - Enfield CT
    The oil-on-canvas Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Thompsonville, Connecticut” was painted by Saul Berman in 1938 in what was then the old Thompsonville post office. The town incorporated under the name of Enfield. The mural has been restored and was moved to the post office's present location on Palomba Drive in 1990.
  • Post Office Mural - Lakeville CT
    The historic Lakeville, Connecticut post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts-commissioned mural entitled "Ethan Allen in Forge Making Cannon Balls," which was painted in 1942 by George R. Cox. New Deal art website www.wpamurals.org has this anecdote from the artist's grandson, Topher Cox: "When my father was about 12, he and his father drove up to Lakeville. My grandfather had forgotten to sign his work. So around 1952 they drove up with a small can of paint and a brush. My grandfather met with the postmaster who gave him a small stool. My grandfather stood...
  • Post Office Mural - Madison CT
    Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Gathering Seaweed from the Sound" painted in 1940 by William Abbott Cheever.
  • Post Office Mural - New London CT
    The historic New London post office houses magnificent examples of New Deal artwork. Tom La Farge painted a six-panel mural for the lobby of the New London post office. Sources suggest that the work was initially commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and later installed under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP). NHRP nomination: Murals painted in 1933 and installed in 1938 depict scenes typical of early whaling, and are integrated well into the lobby design. The murals were commissioned as part of the Public Works of Art Program and painted by Thomas Sergeant Lafarge of New York, an...
  • Post Office Mural - Norwich CT
    The historic post office building in Norwich, Connecticut houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Taking Up Arms--1776," completed in 1940 by George Kanelous.
  • Post Office Mural - Portland CT
    This oil-on-canvas Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Shade Grown Tobacco” was painted in 1942 by Austin Mecklem. Shade grown tobacco was an important Connecticut crop in the first part of the twentieth century, most often used as binding wrapper for high quality cigars. "The Connecticut River valley between Portland, CT, and Brattleboro, VT, became known as “Tobacco Valley” in the early 1900’s, when as much as 38,000 acres were under cultivation. Today, about 2,500 acres of tobacco are grown and harvested in the state." (North Central News)
  • Post Office Mural - Shelton CT
    The historic Shelton, Connecticut post office houses a federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts-funded mural entitled "River Landscape." The work was painted by Frede Vidar and installed in the post office lobby in 1940.
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