WPA Post Office Construction 1940

In 1935, the American New Deal Agency created the Works Project Administration (WPA) to employ job-seekers to carry out public works. Of these projects, the Post Office in Hamilton Texas was designed and constructed in 1940. Additionally, our Post office is proud to be the recipient of an original mural painted by one of the WPA artists, as part of the WPA’s directive to secure artwork for public buildings.

The photographs below have been scanned from a collection belonging to the U.S. Post Office of Hamilton, Texas. These photos are linked to a 300 dots-per-inch enlarged version. To view the larger image, click on the photo, and it will open in a separate window. To download the photo, right-click on the image, then select “Save Image As:”. These are for personal use and research use, not to be sold.