ADDRESS: 214 W. Locust St., Boonville, Indianna 47601
ARTIST: Ida Abelman
TITLE: Boonville Beginnings
MEDIUM: Tempera (mural)
STATUS: The Boonville 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: 1941
The goal of my second trip to Indiana was to get the southern tip post offices. This was a long drive for a day-trip, but I managed to get Boonville and Tell City. Both were on my list for October 17, 2021.
It was just after noon when I arrived, and the sun was behind the building. This made for some darker images of the front of the building then I like. But I’ll take what I can get. The lobby was open and I was able to enjoy the wonderful mural by Ida Abelman.
Note to self, if you find yourself here in the early morning, that would be the better time for exterior images.
UPDATE:
I was able to visit Boonville again during a cloudy day. I should be able to get one that works for the book.
UPDATE:
Another visit during the Canadian wild fires in the summer of 2023.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 10/17/21 about 12:25 PM & 02/23/2022 about 3:28 PM and 06/28/2023 about 4:57 PM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
: John C. Carlisle
