The post office in Shelton was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Richard Haines’s 1940 mural, “Skid Row,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and… read more
This tempera mural “Skid Row” by Richard Haines was a winner of the Treasury Section’s 48-State Post Office Mural Competition. “When Section officials in Washington, D.C., chose Minneapolis artist Richard Haines to paint a mural for the new post office… read more
A WPA press release from Jan. 1938 reported that city streets in Shelton, Washington were to be improved with a WPA grant of $9,493.
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
