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Since the local post office seemed to be the most frequented government building by the public, the Section requested that the murals, approximately 12 by 5 feet (3.7 by 1.5 m) oil paintings on canvas, be placed on the walls of the newly constructed post offices exclusively. It was recommended that 1% of the money budgeted for each post office ...
English: Main lobby of the NRHP-listed New Rochelle, Post Office in New Rochelle, New York. Note the mural above the lobby. Note the mural above the lobby. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
This is a list of United States post office murals, produced in the United States from 1934 to 1943 through commissions from the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. The principal objective of the United States post office murals was to secure artwork that met high artistic standards [ 1 ] for public buildings ...
Interior of the post office. The Chehalis Post Office, after construction was completed, contained modern amenities of the time. Mechanical works included a coal-powered heat system, a smokeless boiler, water coolers on each floor, brass pipes, bronze-plated hardware, and Kohler Co. plumbing fixtures. The basement was a storage room for coal ...
The Bronx General Post Office is located at 552–582 Grand Concourse in the South Bronx in New York City, New York. [3] The site occupies an entire city block, [4] with an area of about 53,800 square feet (5,000 m 2; 1.24 acres). [5]
Since 1845, the city's main post office was located in the Middle Dutch Church on Nassau Street, a dark 18th-century building that by the 1860s was stretched past its capacity. Congress eventually approved funds for a new central post office, [2] and a competition was held for design proposals. Fifty-two designs were submitted, but none were ...
In 1937, renowned Art Deco architect Claud Beelman, a partner at Curlett + Beelman, was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to design the Hollywood Post Office Building. He worked with the Los Angeles architectural firm Allison & Allison . [ 2 ]
Interior ironwork detail, staircase landing. The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a historic post office and courthouse located at Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina. [2] [3] The building and its annexes serve the federal court for the Charleston Division of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.