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  • Post Office - Gillespie IL
    The post office in Gillespie was completed in 1935 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Gustaf Dahlstrom's oil on canvas mural, entitled "Illinois Farm," completed in 1936 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Glen Ellyn IL
    Post office constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.
  • Post Office - Hamilton IL
    Built in 1938. The New Deal cornerstone is located in the lower right corner of the front wall when facing the entrance.
  • Post Office - Herrin IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935.
  • Post Office - Kankakee IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1939.
  • Post Office - Lemont IL
    The historic post office in Lemont, Illinois as constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Lewistown IL
    The post office in Lewistown, Illinois was constructed between 1939 and 1940 using Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Madison IL
    The post office in Madison was completed in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of A. Raymond Katz's oil on canvas mural, entitled "Assimilation of the Immigrant into the Industrial Life of Madison," completed in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Moline IL
    The historic post office building in Moline, Illinois was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Monticello IL
    The historic post office in Monticello, Illinois was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Morrison IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.
  • Post Office - Mt. Carroll IL
    The historic post office in Mt. Carroll, Illinois was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Mt. Morris IL
    This post office was constructed with New Deal funds circa 1936-1937.
  • Post Office - Mt. Sterling IL
    The post office in Mt. Sterling was completed in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Henry Bernstein's 1941 mural, "The Covered Bridge," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Nashville IL
    Constructed by the Treasury in 1941.
  • Post Office - Nokomis IL
    The post office in Nokomis was completed in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is also the site of Bernard J. (Tony) Rosenthal's wood carving, entitled "Coal Mining," completed in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Normal IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935.
  • Post Office - Oak Park IL
    The Oak Park post office was designed to accommodate the village’s growing population which rose from 39,858 in 1920 to 80,000 in 1930. Congress appropriated $600,000 prior to new deal legislation in 1931 with an additional $70,000 appropriated in 1935 to complete the project which had been delayed. The post office sits on a prominent parcel of downtown Oak Park which was purchased at a cost of $175,000 from the George R. Hemingway brokerage office. The building was dedicated on August 21, 1936 and remains an active post office today.
  • Post Office - Oregon IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938.
  • Post Office - Pittsfield IL
    The historic post office in Pittsfield, Illinois was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1935.
  • Post Office - Rock Falls IL
    This post office was constructed with Treasury funds circa 1937-1938.
  • Post Office - Rushville IL
    The post office in Rushville was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Rainey Bennett's 1939 mural, "Hart Fellows, Builder of Rushville," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Shelbyville IL
    The historic post office in Shelbyville, Illinois was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Staunton IL
    The post office in Staunton was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Ralf Henricksen's mural, "Going to Work," completed in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Vandalia IL
    Constructed by the US Treasury in 1935.
  • Post Office - Virden IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937.
  • Post Office - White Hall IL
    "Yellow- buff colored brick one story Classical Revival structure.  It was built by the Weitz Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa.  The building was formally occupied January 31, 1938.  The front façade faces west on South Jacksonville Street.  As of 1992 there were original wrought iron balustrades and decorative lanterns at the entrance.  The entrance features a decorative carved eagle placed in a semi-circular inset above the entry... The Post Office was built under the Public Works Administration (PWA), which was established in 1933 to oversee the planning and construction of Federal and non-Federal public works projects. It is typical of...
  • Post Office - Wilmette IL
    Phone: (847) 251-6039 Access Hours: M-F 8:30-5:30, Sat 8-3 The post office is home to the mural, "In the Soil Is Our Wealth," painted by Raymond Breinin through the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938.
  • Post Office - Wood River IL
    Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1934.
  • Post Office (demolished) - Effingham IL
    The federal government financed the construction of a post office at the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Section Avenue in Effingham, Illinois during the Great Depression. Constructed at a cost of $79,800, the building bore a 1934 cornerstone and "opened to the public July 16, 1935." The building ceased serving as a post office in the fall of 1966, as the Post Office Department needed a larger space to conduct processing operations consistent with a sectional center at that time. The government was granted by the federal government to Unit 40 and the remodeled building became a kindergarten in 1967....
  • Post Office (former) - Des Plaines IL
    What is now the "... Journal & Topics building served as Des Plaines’ main post office from 1941 to 1974. Even though the Des Plaines Post Office’s building had only been built in 1930, by 1938 the volume of mail handled by had increased enough to warrant a new, larger facility. Scouting the city for the ideal location, the Federal Works Agency of the Public Buildings Administration found it directly next door, at the corner of Graceland and Webford. The contract to build the $135,000 building was let on March 1, 1940 with a target opening date of January 1, 1941. In...
  • Post Office (former) Murals - Des Plaines IL
    The former Des Plaines post office and many other post offices, after having been commissioned by the WPA to create jobs, also lent their walls to the artists of the FAP, which commissioned around 1,200 murals and 300 sculptures for the public buildings. The citizens of Des Plaines and their post office got the work of James Michael Newell, born as James Erbin Newell in 1900 Carnegie, Pennsylvania2. Before his work in the FAP, Newell was a marine fighting in WW1 at the age of eighteen5. Afterwards, his colonel recommended him for a scholarship to study abroad in Paris, where he...
  • Post Office Addition - Urbana IL
    The historic former main post office building in downtown Urbana, Illinois received a rear addition in 1935, courtesy Treasury Department funds. The building, locates at 202 S Broadway Ave., houses multiple tenants, and still houses a post office: Urbana's Downtown Station.
  • Post Office Bas Relief - Morton IL
    The cast stone bas relief, "Spirit of Communication," was created for the former Morton, Illinois post office at the time of its completion. The work was completed in 1939 byCharles Umlauf. It was relocated, along with postal operations, to a new facility (the current Morton post office) in 1976.
  • Post Office Bas Reliefs - Evanston IL
    The post office contains two bas reliefs by Armin A. Scheler: "The Message" and "The Answer." The reliefs were completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1938.
  • Post Office Mural - Berwyn IL
    Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "The Picnic" painted by Richard Haines in 1942.
  • Post Office Mural - Bushnell IL
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural "Pioneer Home in Bushnell" painted by Reva Jackman in 1939.  
  • Post Office Mural - Carmi IL
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Service to the Farmer" painted by Davenport Griffen in 1939.
  • Post Office Mural - Carthage IL
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural "Pioneers - Tilling the Soil and Building Log Cabin" painted by Karl Kelpe in 1938.
  • Post Office Mural - Chester IL
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Loading the Packet" painted by Fay E. Davis in 1940.
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