Post Office

ADDRESS: 561 Kingsland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63130
ARTIST: Trew Hocker
TITLE: The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
MEDIUM: Fresco (mural)
STATUS: The Saint Louis Missouri University City Branch 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 the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940

A well maintained classic 1937 FDR/depression era building.  The painted mural is of a pastoral scene at the 1904 STL World’s Fair; no indication as to who artist is, and postal clerk said no one ever asked.  She didn’t know it was a worlds fair rendition.  Wish the postmaster would move the box stand away from the mural.

Frank

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

Sources

• Personal visit Frank.
• (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz