ADDRESS: 131 South Main Street, Ada, Ohio 45810
ARTIST: Albert Kotin
TITLE: Country Dance
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Ada post office is still an active, operating facility and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. The mural resides in the lobby on a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940
The Ada, Ohio Post Office visit is another example of discovery. When I asked at the front desk about the mural the postal employee immediately went to get the postmaster. We chatted for a few minutes about the mural and building.
She also informed me of a local person who wrote an article about Ada that included some information about the old Post Office. This is valuable information and something I hope with a little more time would be able to investigate further in the future.
Do you know more about this one?
Thanks for stopping by
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 10/20/2012 by David W. Gates Jr.
- Bluffton Forever: https://www.blufftonforever.com/post/the-story-of-our-post-office-mural
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- Parma Conservation (https://parmaconservation.com)
HELLO DAVID:
THE ADA, OHIO POST OFFICE WAS BUILT BY THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING CORP. NY. ON A LOW BID CONTRAXCT $42,607.00 IN THE FIRST QTR. OF 1938.
Robert Mis collection, P.O. Construction, Federal Architect, pg. 66, 1-1938
Cool, I love hearing about all the contractors who’ve constructed these wonderful buildings. I’ve learned a long researching the ones for Wisconsin.
Thanks Mr. Mis
David
Hello,
I am looking to find out the Architect for the Ada, Ohio post office constructed in 1938. I am having a difficult time finding early photos of this building. Thanks.
Most building documents can be found at the National Archives in Washington DC.