ADDRESS: 3731 Prairie Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513
ARTIST: Edouard Chassaing
TITLE: Means of Mail Transportation
MEDIUM: Plaster (relief)
STATUS: The Brookfield post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. The relief resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1935
My initial visit to the Brookfield Illinois Post Office was on January 24th of this year, it was a Sunday. If you are familiar with Chicago-land winters it gets cold this time of year. However, I was determined to get out of the house and be productive taking photographs. It didn’t occur to me that I should check the hours before heading out, so I didn’t, but when we arrived found the doors locked.
Crap! I said to myself, I guess I’ll have to come back. And that is exactly what I did, I return the following Saturday so that I could get inside and take pictures of the artwork. Why do I do this? For all of you my loyal readers of course. You may than, me by leaving comments and praise below. LOL.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
We had brilliant blue skies recently so I headed out to Brookfield for some better images of the building. I decided to NOT head inside. My way of trying to limit my exposure to people for now. Anyway, enjoy the new exterior images of Brookfield. BTW, I prefer my photos without snow, so that was one reason for the extra trip.
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
Sources
- Personal visit on 1/24/2013, 1/30/2013 and 11/28/2020 by David W. Gates Jr.
- Illinois Post Office Mural Guidebook
- United States Postal Service
- Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
