• Flagler Memorial Bridge (former) - Palm Beach to West Palm Beach FL
    Palm Beach's old Flagler Memorial Bridge was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA supplied a $398,750 loan and $326,455 grant for the project, whose total cost was $735,490. Construction began in Jan. 1937 and completed in Jun. 1938. In 2014 the bridge was undergoing replacement and demolition. PWA Project No. 1085-D. The project is sometimes mis-attributed to another New Deal agency, the WPA. WPB.org: "WPA funds were also utilized to construct the Flagler Memorial Bridge which opened in 1938, replacing the earlier railroad bridge from West Palm Beach to Palm Beach."
  • Post Office (former) - Palm Beach FL
    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...
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Palm Beach FL
    With support from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, Charles Rosen painted "Seminole Indians" and "Landscape," a set of three (yes, three) murals for the now-former Palm Beach post office in 1938. Unfortunately the murals are not (as of 2022) publicly accessible. According to the Palm Beach Post "you can peek through the glass doors and see the lobby." Per the Palm Beach Post: "In the late 1930s, the post office commissioned Rosen, a co-founder of the Woodstock School of Painting, to create three murals: an enormous map of the Hudson Valley for the Beacon, N.Y., branch; a contemporary view of...