• Post Office - Angola NY
    The historic post office building in Angola, New York "was designed and built 1938-1939, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style."
  • Post Office Relief - Angola NY
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts stone relief by Leopold F. Scholz: ""A Pioneer Woman's Bravery," a cast stone relief, 2' 7" x 6' 2 1/2" was sculpted by Leopold F. Scholz in 1940. Scholz (1877-1946) emigrated from Austria in 1916, having attended the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In this scene, a pioneer woman, standing near a body of water, is using a boat hook to fend off an attack by bears while her four children hide behind her. His choice of a heroic woman pioneer was not uncommon in the post office art, which...
  • Water Mains - Angola NY
    A water main construction project in Angola, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $20,944 grant; the total cost of the project was $46,742. Work occurred between May and October 1936. (PWA Docket No. NY 1189)