• Post Office - Suffern NY
    The Suffern post office was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service. "It was built during the New Deal and reflects that era's architectural styles, combining elements of the Colonial Revival style preferred by the Treasury Department for new post offices in the early 20th century with the Streamline Moderne style predominating in the late 1930s... The land was purchased for $20,000 in 1935. The next year, the post office was built for $90,000. Treasury Supervising Architect Louis Simon used an austere Colonial Revival design, demonstrated by...
  • Post Office Relief - Suffern NY
    The historic post office in Suffern, New York houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Communication", a relief by sculptor Elliot Means. "It depicts a partially clothed woman, surrounded by the moon, clouds, stars, mountains and waves, shooting a bow with flaming arrow" (Wikipedia). The relief was created under the Section of Fine Arts program in 1937.