The Main Post Office in the city of

New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...

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, United States was built between 1934 and 1936. Located in the Civic Square government district, it was designed in Neo-Georgian architecture by Wesley Sherwood Bessell. It was listed on the

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on July 18, 1984, for its significance in architecture, art, and communications. With

History and description

This building replaced the previous post office located on Albany Street and built in 1903. The new building is built with red brick and brownstone and features Neo-Georgian architecture. The artist

George Biddle George Biddle (January 24, 1885 – November 6, 1973) was an American painter, muralist and lithographer, best known for his social realism and combat art. A childhood friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he played a major role in establis ...

created several murals depicting the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

in New Brunswick as part of the

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to car ...

(WPA) Federal Arts Project. They were installed in 1939. Presentation drawing of the New Brunswick NJ Post Office - NARA - 3281894

References

{{Authority control Buildings and structures in New Brunswick, New Jersey Government buildings completed in 1936 National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places 1936 establishments in New Jersey