The historic post office building in Roxboro, North Carolina was constructed during the Great Depression with Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened in 1937, has since been re-purposed. A New Deal mural still hangs in the lobby of the… read more
New York artist Allan Gould completed this oil on canvas mural, “Gathering Tobacco,” measuring 5’8″ by 13’7″, in 1938, on a $650 contract from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. From historian Anita Price Davis’ 2008 book New Deal Art… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
