• Post Office - Langdon ND
    The historic post office building in Langdon, North Dakota, was constructed using federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building, which possesses a New Deal mural in the lobby, is still in operation today.
  • Post Office Mural - Langdon ND
    This oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Taking Toll" (a.k.a. “Indians Demanding Wagon Toll”) was painted in 1939 by Leo J. Beaulaurier.  The work is installed above the Postmaster's door at the Langdon, North Dakota post office. According to a local newspaper story, this was the first Federal building artwork to be sponsored by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts program in the state; the local Postmaster was quoted as saying that Langdon was the smallest city in the nation to be "granted a mural." (The source for this information is an un-cited article, dated Oct. 12, 1939, included in the National...
  • Street Paving - Langdon ND
    A street paving project in Langdon, North Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $21,273 grant for the project, whose total cost was $54,688. Work occurred between November 1936 and July 1937. (PWA Docket No. ND W1002)