Archives for December 2021

ADDRESS: 200 S., Main St., Middlebury, Indiana 46540
ARTIST: Raymond Redell
TITLE: Early Middlebury Mail
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Middlebury 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 a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937

Although the gold lettering above the door is hard to read, I absolutely love the look and feel of it. This reminds me of the gold eagle on the LaGrange, Indiana building.

Too bad for the heavy shadows even at 10:30 in the morning. Note to self, maybe I can revisit this one in the afternoon. After all the lobby was closed during this visit and I would like to see the mural.

All the images below were taken through the glass vestibule. It gives you a better

David W. Gates Jr.

Sources

• Personal visit on 12/12/21 about 10:33 AM and 6/30/2023 about 5:08 PM by David W. Gates Jr.
• Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
• United States Postal Service
• Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
• A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals: John C. Carlisle
• Parma Conservation (https://parmaconservation.com)