Post Office – Hebron NE
The Moderne building was constructed in 1937. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is also the site of the 1939 mural, “Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping the Train.”
Post Office – Lexington NE
The post office in Lexington, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1935, is still in use today.
Post Office – Minden NE
Constructed in 1937, this Minden post office is also the site of William Bunn’s 1939 mural, “1848, Fort Kearney, Protectorate on the Overland Trail, 1871,” painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Post Office – O’Neill NE
The O’Neill United States Post Office is a one-story, brick building constructed in 1937 in the Georgian Revival style by the US Treasury Department.
Post Office – Ord NE
The post office in Ord, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1940, is still in use today.
Post Office – Pawnee City NE
The historic post office in Pawnee City, Nebraska was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, is still in service.
Post Office – Schuyler NE
The Streamline Moderne building was constructed in 1938, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Post Office – Seward NE
The historic post office in Seward, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1936, is still in use today.
Post Office – Superior NE
The post office in Superior, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1935, is still in use today.
Post Office – Tecumseh NE
The historic post office in Tecumseh, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1938, is still in use today.
Post Office – Wayne NE
The post office in Wayne, Nebraska was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1935, is still in use today.
Post Office (former) – Valentine NE
"The one-story brick and limestone Modernistic style building, constructed in 1936-1937, is an excellent example of a Class C or D post office built from standardized plans developed in the 1930's." As of 2014, this building is in use as… read more
Post Office (former) Mural – Valentine NE
New Deal mural entitled “End of the Line” painted in 1939 by Kady Faulkner for the Valentine post office. The PO building is now used as Cherry County Office Building.
Post Office Mural – Albion NE
Oil on canvas entitled “Winter in Nebraska” painted by Jenne Magafan in 1939. “This mural was painted by Jenne Magafan, whose sister Ethel painted the Auburn mural. Jenne painted other murals in Colorado, Texas, and Utah. She also, with her… read more
Post Office Mural – Auburn NE
The historic New Deal post office in Auburn, Nebraska contains a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Threshing” painted by Ethel Magafan in 1938. She also painted a mural for the Wynne, Arkansas and Madill, OK post offices. “Ethel… read more
Post Office Mural – Crawford NE
“The lobby’s most prominent feature is a mural on the upper portion of the east wall. It was painted by G. Glenn Newell, an artist and dairy farmer from Duchess County, New York, and installed by post office workers in… read more
Post Office Mural – Geneva NE
The oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Building a Sod House” was painted by Edward Chavez in 1941. “As an artist worked through the assignment, from choice of subject to finished mural, pressure was exerted from many sources. Local groups might suggest a… read more
Post Office Mural – Hebron NE
The oil-on-canvas mural “Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping the Train” was painted by Eldora Lorenzini in 1939. “Eldora Lorenzini studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. She matched the color of the buffalo hides to the wood framing the doorway to… read more
Post Office Mural – Minden NE
This oil-on-canvas mural entitled “1848, Fort Kearny, Protectorate on the Overland Trail, 1871” was painted by William E.L. Bunn, 1939. “Minden has the distinction of having perhaps the most ambitious and thoroughly researched of all of the post office murals… read more
Post Office Mural – O’Neill NE
“The post office “mural entitled ‘Baling Hay in Holt County in the Early Days,’ by Eugene Trentham is located on the south lobby wall above the postmaster’s door which is flanked by wood framed, glass-enclosed bulletin boards. The oil-on-canvas mural… read more
Post Office Mural – Ogallala NE
This oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Long Horns” was painted by Frank Mechau in 1938. “Painted in muted green, gray, and brown tones, the mural depicts a cowboy driving a herd of longhorns. The cattle occupy almost the entire foreground of the… read more
Post Office Mural – Pawnee City NE
Oil on canvas entitled "The Auction" painted by Kenneth Evett in 1942. "Kenneth Evett studied with Henry Varnum Poor and George Biddle. Besides "The Auction" at Pawnee City, Evett painted two others in Colorado and Kansas. He taught at Cornell… read more
Post Office Mural – Schuyler NE
Oil on canvas entitled “Wild Horses by Moonlight” painted by Philip von Saltza in 1940. “Swedish-born Philip von Saltza, a resident of Maine in the 1930’s, painted post office murals in Vermont and New Hampshire. This mural was not originally… read more
Post Office Murals – Red Cloud NE
The post office contains three tempera murals painted by Archie Musick in 1941, titled “Loading Cattle,” “Stockade Builders” and “Moving Westward.” “Archie Musick, born in Kirksville, Missouri, was a student of Thomas Hart Benton and of Boardman Robinson. In the… read more
Reservoir – Crawford NE
A reservoir development project in Crawford, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The exact location and current status of the reservoir is unknown to Living New Deal. PWA Docket No. 2379
Reservoir – Curtis NE
A reservoir development project in Curtis, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The exact location and current status of the reservoir is unknown to Living New Deal. PWA Docket No. 2078
Resettlement Farmsteads – Kearney NE
The first rehabilitation farm project to be established in Nebraska, and among the first in the country, was established at Kearney. Fifty-seven acres of land were purchased by the Rural Rehabilitation program. The land lay just north of the north… read more
Riverdale School – Riverdale NE
In mid July 1935, an application was filed with the PWA for aid in constructing a $45,000.00 school in Riverdale. The new building, designed by Hugh McClure of Kearney, was planned to be brick with a reinforced concrete frame. The… read more
Riverside Speedway Grandstand – Neligh NE
In April 1936, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) approved a project for the construction of a new grandstand and tunnel at the Riverside Speedway in Neligh. The project would necessitate the razing of the existing grandstand, which was too small,… read more
Road – Cottonmill Lake NE
In March 1935, nearly one hundred Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) workers started work at Cottonmill Lake, located west of Kearney. Primarily, they were involved in widening and improving the driveway around the lake. The shovel crews were widening the… read more
Road Improvements – Hemingford NE
“In an effort toward economic recovery, Hemingford took advantage of the federally instituted New Deal programs. In 1935, at a total cost of $1,232, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved the streets of Hemingford with crushed rock on Niobrara Avenue,… read more
Rulo Bridge (demolished) – Rulo NE to MO
“The Rulo Bridge was a truss bridge over the Missouri River on U.S. Route 159 from the village of Rulo in Richardson County, Nebraska, to Holt County, Missouri. It was built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration and Kansas… read more
Rural Sanitation Project – Tekamah NE
This project, sponsored by the PWA, was intended to provide work and to improve the sanitary condition of farms homes in terms of toilet facilities. Men were put to work throughout [Burt] county building “bungalows” which were later moved onto… read more
Saddle Creek Underpass – Omaha NE
The historic Saddle Creek grade separation underpass in Omaha, Nebraska, at the crossing of Dodge St. and Saddle Creek Rd., was constructed with the help of the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and completed in 1934. (Construction is sometimes mis-attributed to… read more
Saint Edward High School Gymnasium & Auditorium – Saint Edward NE
Saint Edward was the beneficiary of a $32,000.00 Public Works Administration (PWA) project for the construction of a gymnasium and auditorium addition to the high school. After two weeks of clearing the site and excavating the basement in the first… read more
Sanitary Sewers – Brainard NE
A sanitary sewer construction project in Brainard, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Construction occurred between May and July 1934. PWA Docket No. 726
Sanitary Sewers – Callaway NE
A sanitary sewer construction project in Callaway, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 5223