New Post Office, Washington, D.C.
The New Post Office in Washington, D.C., is part of a complex of historic buildings in the Federal Triangle. It is located across 12th Street NW from the Old Post Office and next to the National Mall.
The building was originally constructed in 1934 to serve as the headquarters of the Post Office Department. It was one of the first buildings to feature New Deal–funded murals and statues, a program established by the Roosevelt administration in response to the Great Depression. The murals depict the history of the American frontier through the development of the postal service. However, some of the murals have been criticized for their portrayal of Native Americans and have been covered up.
In 2013, the building was renamed the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in honor of former President Bill Clinton.
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Murals
Karl R. Free (1939)
French Explorers and Indians
Arrival of the Mail at New Amsterdam
William C. Palmer (1937)
Covered Wagon Attacked by Indians
Stage Coach Attacked by Bandits
Frank Mechau (1937)
Dangers of the Mail ( covered by screen )
Ward Lockwood (~1937)
Opening of the Southwest
Consolidation of the West
George Harding (circa 1937)
Benjamin Franklin, Colonial Postmaster
Post Dispatch Rider (1776)
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Reginald Marsh (1936)
Sorting the Mail
Unloading the Mail
Alfredo Crimi (1937)
Transportation of the Mail
Post Office Work Room
Rockwell Kent (1937)
Mail Service in the Arctic
Mail Service in the Tropics
Doris Lee (1938)
General Store and Post Office
Country Post
Eugene Savage (~1937)
Carrier of News & Knowledge
Messenger of Sympathy and Love |
Sculptures
Airmail Pilot / Oronzio Maldarelli
Alaska Snowshoe Mail Carrier / Chaim Gross
Hawaiian Postman / Louis Slobodkin
Railway Mail Carrier / Concetta Maria Scaravaglione
Benjamin Franklin, Former Postmaster General / Gleb W. Derujinsky
Colonial Foot Postman, 1691-1775 / Berta Margoulies
Contemporary Postman / Attilio Piccirilli
City Delivery Carrier, 1863 / Carl Ludwig Schmitz
Pony Express Mail Carrier, 1860-1861 / Arthur Lee
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