Post Office – Albert Lea MN
The Albert Lea post office was constructed at a cost of $185,000 and opened 1937.
Post Office – Breckenridge MN
The post office in Breckenridge, Minnesota was constructed in 1937 with Treasury Department funds. A mural entitled “Arrival of the Rural Mail” resides in the lobby.
Post Office – Cambridge MN
The post office in Cambridge was completed in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Seymour Fogel’s 1940 mural, “People of the Soil,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine… read more
Post Office – Chisholm MN
This post office in Chisholm was built with the help of New Deal funds in 1940.
Post Office – Cloquet MN
The historic post office in Cloquet, Minnesota was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building’s character is much different than at the time of construction; the structure has since been extensively modified during renovations.
Post Office – Ely MN
The historic post office in Ely, Minnesota was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1938.
Post Office – Hastings MN
The historic post office in Hastings MN was constructed in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Post Office – Hutchinson MN
The post office in Hutchinson 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 Elsa Jemne’s 1942 mural,… read more
Post Office – Litchfield MN
The post office in Litchfield was completed in 1935 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Elof Wedin’s 1937 mural, “Street Scene,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and… read more
Post Office – Long Prairie MN
The post office in Long Prairie was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Lucia Wiley’s 1939 fresco, “Gathering Wild Rice,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine… read more
Post Office – Marshall MN
The post office in Marshall was completed in 1936 with funds provided by the Treasury Department.
Post Office – Morris MN
The historic post office in Morris, Minnesota was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
Post Office – Mural – Chisholm MN
“Discovery of Ore” by Betty Carney. This mural in the Chisholm Post Office was completed with the help of New Deal funds.
Post Office – North St. Paul MN
This post office in North St. Paul was constructed circa 1938 with the help of New Deal funds. North St. Paul is a small municipality close to, but separate from, St. Paul, MN.
Post Office – Northfield MN
The historic post office in Northfield, Minnesota was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
Post Office – Pipestone MN
The historic post office building in Pipestone, Minnesota was constructed with federal Treasury Department in 1935. The building is still in service.
Post Office – Sauk Center MN
The post office in Sauk Center was completed in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Richard Jansen’s 1942 mural, “Threshing Wheat,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts… read more
Post Office – St. James MN
The post office in St James was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Margaret Martin’s 1940 mural, “Indian Hunters and Rice Gatherers,” completed with funds provided by the federal government… read more
Post Office – Wabasha MN
The historic post office in Wabasha, Minnesota was constructed federal Treasury Department funds in 1937-1938. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in service.
Post Office – Wayzata MN
The historic Wayzata post office was built in 1941 with Treasury Department funding. The building, which houses a mural by Ruth Grotenrath, is still in service.
Post Office (former) – Windom MN
This quintessentially New Deal brick post office was built by the Treasury in 1939. Today it houses an antique store. The mural by Charles W. Thwaites commissioned for this building now hangs in the local museum.
Post Office (former) – Worthington MN
Constructed by the Treasury in 1934. The building now houses the Worthington Professional Office Building.
Post Office Fresco – Long Prairie MN
Lucia Wiley completed this fresco, entitled “Gathering Wild Rice,” in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Long Prairie post office lobby.
Post Office Mural – Breckenridge MN
A Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Arrival of the Rural Mail” was painted by Robert Allaway and installed in the lobby of the Breckenridge, Minnesota post office in 1938.
Post Office Mural – Caledonia MN
The 5′ x 14′ tempera-on-canvas mural entitled “Hog Raising,” located in the historic Caledonia post office, was completed by Edmund Lewandowski (1914-1998) in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It depicts a farm scene of three men shoveling corn… read more
Post Office Mural – Cambridge MN
Seymour Fogel painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled “People of the Soil,” in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Cambridge post office lobby. “People of the Soil” is “a… read more
Post Office Mural – Hastings MN
The historic post office in Hastings, Minnesota houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts-commissioned mural entitled “Arrival of Fall Catalogue.” The work, by Richard Haines, was completed in 1938.
Post Office Mural – Hutchinson MN
Elsa Jemne painted this egg-tempera-on-plaster fresco, entitled “The Hutchinson Singers,” in 1942 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Hutchinson post office lobby.
Post Office Mural – International Falls MN
The post office contains a 1937 Section of Fine Arts mural by Lucia Wiley entitled “Early Logging at Koochiching Falls.”
Post Office Mural – Litchfield MN
Elof Wedin painted this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Street Scene,” in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Litchfield post office lobby.
Post Office Mural – Marshall MN
“Pioneers Arriving in Marshall by Wagon Train” Henry Holmstrom painted this oil on canvas mural in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable on the Marshall post office lobby.
Post Office Mural – Morris MN
“Gager’s Trading Post on the Wadsworth Trail” is a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural that was installed at the post office in Morris, Minnesota in 1943. The tempera-on-canvas mural was painted by Alfred Sessler.
Post Office Mural – North St. Paul MN
The oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Production” was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work, created for the historic post office in North St. Paul, Minnesota, was completed in 1941.
Post Office Mural – Sauk Center MN
Richard Jansen painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled “Threshing Wheat,” in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the post office lobby.
Post Office Mural – St. James MN
Margaret Martin painted this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Indian Hunters and Rice Gatherers,” in 1940 with funds provided by the federal government. It is viewable in the St. James post office lobby. “Margaret Martin’s mural proposal for the St. James,… read more
Post Office Mural – Wabasha MN
The historic post office in Wabasha, Minnesota houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts-commissioned mural entitled “The Smoke Message,” completed in 1939.
Post Office Mural – Wayzata MN
The Wayzata post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural in tempera by Ruth Grotenrath “Wayzata (Pines of the North).” Painted in 1947, it was one of the last examples of New Deal murals created.
Post Office Mural (missing) – Cloquet MN
The historic post office in Cloquet, Minnesota housed an example of New Deal artwork: “Lake Superior Shores – Yesterday and Today,” an oil-on-canvas painting by Dewey Albinson. The work, completed in 1937, was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Unfortunately the… read more
Post Office Murals – Ely MN
The post office contains two murals painted by Elsa Jemne in 1941 with funding from the Section of Fine Arts.
Riverside Park – Long Prairie MN
Riverside Park was conceived of, developed, and built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the drought years of the mid-30’s, being completed in 1936. The project called for the development of 2.5 acres of pasture land along the bank… read more