Celebrating our Nation's Post Offices
ADDRESS: 148 S. Main St., Smithfield, Illinois 61477
Today is Smithfield, tomorrow is ??? Well I don’t know but stick around for more buildings from Illinois.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
ADDRESS: 1114 North 2nd Street, Chillicothe, Illinois, 61523
ARTIST: Arthur Hershel Lidov
TITLE: Rail Roading
MEDIUM: Egg tempera (mural)
STATUS: The Chillicothe post office is still an active, operating facility and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1942
My current employer gives us Good Friday off. So how do you think I spend the day? Oh you are right if you guessed that I drove around and took pictures of post offices. How did you know? Lucky guess or do you know me? Are you a stalker? Lucky the post offices were open.
This is Chillicothe, Illinois. I like the mural and I was really happy to see the old photographs in the bulletin display case. When the building was constructed it didn’t have the wheel-chair ramp in front. Also notice the two trees in front in the old photograph.
Have you visited this building? Did you know the name of the artist to mural? Please comment and share below.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
ADDRESS: 101 E. Washington St., Avon, Illinois 61415
Today’s featured building is from Avon, Illinois. No beauty products here just the post office. But come to think of it the building could use a little dressing up.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.