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  • Post Office - Greenville MI
    The post office in Greenville was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the federal government. It is also the site of Charles W. Thwaite's 1940 mural, "Lumbering," painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Hamtramck MI
    The historic branch post office in Hamtramck, Michigan, was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Hancock MI
    The historic post office in Hancock, Michigan was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Hart MI
    The historic post office in Hart, Michigan was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Highland Park MI
    The historic branch post office in Highland Park, Michigan was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Iron Mountain MI
    The historic post office in Iron Mountain, Michigan was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Iron River MI
    The historic post office in Iron River, Michigan was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Lowell MI
    The historic post office in Lowell, Michigan was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Manistique MI
    The historic post office in Manistique, Michigan was constructed in 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Mason MI
    The post office in Mason was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Marion Overby's 1939 relief, "Early Postman," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Munising MI
    The historic post office in Munising, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Muskegon MI
    The post office in Muskegon was constructed between 1937 and 1938. Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), it was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The large, two-story structure was built to replace a 1904 building. There is no New Deal artwork on site.
  • Post Office - Negaunee MI
    The historic post office in Negaunee, Michigan was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Paw Paw MI
    The historic post office in Paw Paw, Michigan was constructed in 1939-40 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Rockford MI
    The historic post office in Rockford, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Rogers City MI
    The post office in Rogers City was completed in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. Louis A. Simon was the supervising architect and Neal Melick was the supervising engineer. It is also the site of James Calder's 1941 mural, "Harbor at Rogers City," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Royal Oak MI
    The historic post office in Royal Oak, Michigan was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Sandusky MI
    The historic post office in Sandusky, Michigan was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - St. Clair MI
    Constructed with New Deal funds in 1937-8. "Of contemporary design, the building has brick exterior walls with stone trim and wood windows. Granite steps and a platform with railings and lamp standards mark the front of the entrance. At the rear of the structure are the usual vestibule and a platform for the reception of mail and a mailing drive with space for parking postal automobiles. A flat composition roof covers the building. Foundation walls and the floor slab are concrete. In general the building is fireproof" (The Port Huron Times Herald, 1938). As of 2011, the St. Clair Post Office will...
  • Post Office - St. Johns MI
    The historic post office in St. Johns, Michigan was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - St. Joseph MI
    The historic post office in St. Joseph, Michigan was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • Post Office - Traverse City MI
    The historic post office in Traverse City, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office - Wayne MI
    The historic post office in Wayne, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office (former) - Birmingham MI
    This former post office was built with Treasury funding in 1940. The building has been sold and now contains private offices. The mural is still on display and may be viewed with permission of the owner.
  • Post Office (former) - Chelsea MI
    The historic former post office in Chelsea, Michigan was constructed ca. 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is no longer a post office; its present use is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Post Office (former) - East Lansing MI
    The historic former post office building in East Lansing, Michigan was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork (since relocated), is now privately owned.
  • Post Office (former) - River Rouge MI
    The historic branch post office in River Rouge, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is no longer in use as a post office.
  • Post Office (former) - Rochester MI
    This post office was built with Treasury Department funding in 1938, and originally held an Alexander Sambugnac sculpture. In 1988, the post office closed, and the building has been occupied by several restaurants since. From the Rochester-Avon Historical Society entry for the site: Congressman George A. Dondero secured $39,000.00 in funding for a new United States Post Office in the village of Rochester, built in 1937-38 to replace its cramped leased quarters in the rear of the Masonic Block on Main Street. Louis A. Simon (1867-1958) was the supervising architect from the Department of the Treasury and the general contractor was the...
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Birmingham MI
    The former post office contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts tempera mural by Cuban-born artist Carlos Lopez entitled "The Pioneering Society's Picnic."
  • Post Office and Courthouse - Marquette MI
    The U.S. Post Office and Court House in Marquette, Michigan was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935-7. The building, designed by Le Roy Gaarder,  is still in use by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan and the U.S. Postal Service. It contains a 1938 Section of Fine Arts mural titled "Marquette Exploring Shores of Lake Superior."
  • Post Office and Courthouse Mural - Marquette MI
    An oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Marquette Exploring Shores of Lake Superior" was painted by Dewey Albinson and installed in the new U.S. Post Office and Federal Courthouse in Marquette, Michigan in 1938.  The mural measures 4’8” x 15’.
  • Post Office Bas Relief - Mason MI
    Marion Overby completed this terra cotta relief, entitled "Early Postman," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the lobby of the historic Mason post office. "his relief was mounted above the postmaster’s office and featured an early postman dressed in buckskin and boots, negotiating his way through the wilds of Michigan to deliver his mail. Mason’s post office mural was designed by Marion Overby, one of only two women to receive New Deal post office commissions in the state of Michigan." (cranbrookkitchensink.wordpress.com)
  • Post Office Mural - Alma MI
    The historic post office in Alma, Michigan houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Harvest," an oil-on-canvas mural by Joe H. Cox. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Belding MI
    Marvin Beerhom painted the oil-on-canvas mural "Belding Brothers and Their Silk Industry" in 1943 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in Belding's library.
  • Post Office Mural - Blissfield MI
    In 1824, the village of Blissfield was established along the River Raisin in what is now the state of Michigan. At one time in history, this village was the largest shipping port for livestock on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. In 1837, the first railroad built west of the Allegheny Mountains was constructed through Blissfield and the surrounding area. This was the Erie and Kalamazoo railroad which was also the first to operate as an interstate railroad that would carry mail between states. Fast forward to the New Deal era, and Blissfield is fortunate enough to have a new...
  • Post Office Mural - Bronson MI
    Arthur Getz painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled "Harvest," in 1941 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funding. Getz was also a prolific contributor to the New Yorker, drawing over 200 covers between 1936 and his death in 1996. 
  • Post Office Mural - Buchanan MI
    The historic post office in Buchanan, Michigan houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Production," a 1941 Treasury of Fine Arts-commissioned tempera mural by Gertrude Goodrich.
  • Post Office Mural - Calumet MI
    The mural "Copper Mining in Calumet" by Joe Lasker was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts and installed in Calumet, Michigan's historic post office building in 1941. After a long and successful career the artist passed away in 2015.
  • Post Office Mural - Caro MI
    The historic Caro, Michigan post office contains a Section of Fine Arts tempera mural entitled "Mail on the Farm," painted by David Fredenthal in 1941.
  • Post Office Mural - Chelsea MI
    George Fisher painted the mural "The Way of Life" in 1938. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the city's historic post office building. The mural was installed in the city's present post office in August 2009. "Painted by George Harold Fisher, the mural, titled 'Way of Life,' depicts a father, mother and child at rest in the foreground, with two apple trees in the background and a grinding stone and a spinning wheel on either side. It was installed in 1938 and commissioned by the secretary of painting and sculpture, Procurement Division of the Treasury...
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