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Post office buildings with cornerstones.

Post office buildings with cornerstones.

Grafton North Dakota Post Office – Guest

November 21, 2023 By Doug

Grafton, ND (built 1932)
Grafton, ND (built 1932)

ADDRESS: 506 Griggs Ave, Grafton, ND 58237

What a great looking building.

Thanks Doug,

Grafton (1932 Dedication)
Grafton (1932 Dedication)
Grafton (National Register Dedication)
Grafton (National Register Dedication)

Sources

  • Personal visit on by Doug
  • United States Postal Service

Filed Under: Cornerstone, Guest Post, Historic, North Dakota, Post Office Tagged With: Cornerstone, Guest Post, Historic, North Dakota, Post Office

Coffeyville Kansas Post Office – Guest

October 28, 2023 By Doug

Coffeyville, Kansas built 1913
Coffeyville, Kansas built 1913

ADDRESS: 232 W 8th St, Coffeyville, KS 67337

What a handsome building.

Thanks Doug,

Sources

  • Personal visit on by Doug
  • United States Postal Service

Filed Under: Cornerstone, Guest Post, Kansas Tagged With: Cornerstone, Guest Post, Kansas, Post Office

Augusta Kansas Post Office – Guest

October 23, 2023 By Doug

Augusta, Kansas (built 1938)
Augusta, Kansas (built 1938)

ADDRESS: 119 E 5th Ave, Augusta, KS 67010
ARTIST: Donald Silks
TITLE: A Kansas Gusher
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Augusta post office is an active operating postal facility. The mural resides above postmasters door.
YEAR: 1938

Thanks Doug,

Augusta, Kansas (built 1938)
Augusta (PO lobby)
Augusta (Kansas Gusher Mural painted 1940)

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

Sources

  • Personal visit Doug.
  • (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
  • Go Augusta: Visitor Information (goaugusta.org)
  • Kansas Sampler: 8 Wonders of Kansas Art | Post Office Section Art, statewide Kansas Sampler Foundation

Filed Under: Artist, Artwork, Cornerstone, Guest Post, Kansas, New Deal, Post Office Tagged With: Artist, Artwork, Cornerstone, Donald Silks, Guest Post, Kansas, Mural, Post Office

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