• Armory (former) - Tunkhannock PA
    The former Tunkhannock Armory, which one article identifies as being on West Street*, was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $28,392 grant for the project, whose total cost was $84,956. Construction occurred between Dec. 1937 and Jul. 1938. *Wyoming County Press Examiner: "Arrangements have been completed for groundbreaking ceremonies of the new Tunkhannock Armory on West Street." Living New Deal believes the old armory to be the privately-owned structure at 55 West Street (see photo); the site is consistent with the following description of the property (PA.us): Beginning at an iron pipe monument situate...
  • Post Office - Tunkhannock PA
    The historic post office building in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1937. The building, which houses a New Deal mural in its lobby, is still in service.
  • Post Office Mural - Tunkhannock PA
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Defenders of the Wyoming Country—1778" was painted as a federal Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts project by Ethel V. Ashton. The work was installed in the lobby of the then-new Tunkhannock post office in 1941.
  • Wyoming County Courthouse Addition - Tunkhannock PA
    An addition to the Wyoming County Courthouse in Tunkhannock, PA was constructed in 1939 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $29,844 grant for the project, whose total cost was $61,882. PWA Docket No. PA 2080