• Post Office (former) - Mount Kisco NY
    Mount Kisco's historic post office building was constructed as a federally sponsored Public Works Administration (PWA) project with Treasury Department funds in 1936. Postal operations moved to a newer building on the outskirts of the town in the early 1990s. The Depression-era post office building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, is now privately owned. The old post office "a one and one-half story building constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond with a limestone foundation and slate shingles. The interior of the post office is intact. The main entrance opens into a vestibule. The main hall contains a barrel-vaulted...
  • Post Office (former) Murals - Mount Kisco NY
    Mount Kisco's historic post office building contains two New Deal murals: painted by Thomas Donnelly in 1936, they are entitled "Indian Cornfield" and "Mount Kisco in 1850." The works were commissioned by the federal Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) and installed post office ca. 1936-7. The building is now privately owned.
  • Water and Sewer Systems - Mount Kisco NY
    A waterworks and sewer construction project in Mount Kisco, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $17,773 grant; the total cost of the project was $39,843. Work occurred between December 1935 and July 1936. For another project, the PWA supplied a grant of $27,720 for a well construction project in Mount Kisco whose final cost was $62,078. Construction occurred between December 1935 and September 1937. (PWA Docket Nos. NY 1105, 1131)