ADDRESS: 1425 Paul S Buchman Hwy, Crystal Springs, FL 33524
Thanks Doug,
Sources
- Personal visit by Doug
- United States Postal Service
Crystal Springs Florida Post Office – Guest
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Gas City Indiana Post Office
ADDRESS: 123 N. 2nd St., Gas City, Indiana 46933
ARTIST: William A. Dolwick
TITLE: Gas City in Boom Days
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Gas City 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
What a lovely visit, lucky me there was an older lady who chatted me up. We talked for what seemed like a good 15 or 20 minutes. I learned all about her life and a few of her 7 siblings. I learned about her parents moving to Alaska and how they moved back to Indiana when they were seniors and needed more assistance. Is hard to believe I learned so much about one person in such a short amount of time.
However, I also imagine that’s what life was like and how folks socialized years ago. It was kind of fitting, to talking in the lobby of this great building, observing the wonderful mural and catching up with the locals.
Kudos to the postmaster and staff for taking such wonderful care of the building.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/23/21 about 9:23 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- (affiliate link): A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
: John C. Carlisle
- Smithsonian American Art Museum mural study: Gas City–Boom Days (mural study, Gas City, Indiana Post Office) | Smithsonian American Art Museum (si.edu)
- Parma Conservation (https://parmaconservation.com)
East Palatka Florida Post Office – Guest
ADDRESS: 134 W Mc Cormick Rd, East Palatka, FL 32131
Thanks Doug
Sources
- Personal visit by Doug
- United States Postal Service
Tipton Indiana Post Office
ADDRESS: 203 E. Jefferson St, Tipton, Indiana 46072
ARTIST: Donald M. Mattison
TITLE: Indiana Farming
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Tipton 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
It was a cold morning when I visited the Tipton post office. I was thankful for the clear and sunny weather. The exterior of the building is nice with great decorative brick features. The lettering in all black above the door is difficult to read for the casual observer. Luckily I can zoom in with my camera to see it.
The mural inside the building is wonderful. However, I’m less than thrilled with the two lights that hang so far down that made it really difficult to get good photos.
I know in other buildings the lights have been raised to the ceiling enabling a better viewer experience.
UPDATE
This was another re-visit during the summer of 2023 to get a little better exterior image of the building.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/23/21 about 7:35 AM and 06/30/2023 about 8:06 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Mural Study Indiana Farming (mural study, Tipton, Indiana Post Office) | Smithsonian American Art Museum (si.edu)
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
- (affiliate link): A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
- Parma Conservation (https://parmaconservation.com)
Elwood Indiana Post Office
ADDRESS: 119 N. Anderson St, Elwood, Indiana 46036
Another road trip on Tuesday November 23, 2021. There were a few stops I had this time where the name of the post office is no where to be found. Elwood was one example. I had to look at my map and where I had driven to figure out which building this was.
No artwork inside the lobby, but its a great looking building with wonderful architectural details. The cornerstone is hard to read with the wonderful granite stone.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/23/21 about 7:59 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
Pierceville Indiana Post Office
ADDRESS: 4499 IN-350, Pierceville, Indiana 47039
Lovely deep blue skies on this visit.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/7/21 about 11:03 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
Palatka Florida Post Office – Guest
ADDRESS: 1105 St Johns Ave, Palatka, FL 32177
Palatka current PO which takes up the whole parking lot. Very long building.
Sources
- Personal visit by Doug
- United States Postal Service
Pershing Indiana Post Office
ADDRESS: 401 E. Main St., Pershing, Indiana 47370
Anther small town post office.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/7/21 about 2:29 PM by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
San Mateo Florida Post Office – Guest
ADDRESS: 534 US-17, San Mateo, FL 32187
I like the extra pictures.
Sources
- Personal visit by Doug
- United States Postal Service
Gwynneville Indiana Post Office
ADDRESS: 7137 US-52, Gwynneville, Indiana 46144
Another stop during a road trip in 2021. I always wonder how to write up the article for each post. I could write in present tense and post the article immediately, but often times I schedule a post.
So that begs a question, do I write that it was a recent trip? Do I just state in the article the day and time I visited? IDK, what do you think? Leave a comment below.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/7/21 about 9:08 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service