ADDRESS: 101 W. Marion St., Danville, Indiana 46122
ARTIST: Gail Wycoff Martin
TITLE: Filling the Water Jugs — Haymaking Time
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Danville post office is no longer an active, operating postal facility. Interested members of the public should contact the Hendricks County Probation for hours and availability. The mural resides in the lobby on a wall above the former postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939
My second road trip to Indiana involved stopping at the former Danville building. It was a Sunday so I had no hopes of getting inside the building. My research revealed the mural is still in the building.
I arrived early in the morning and the sun was just rising off to the left side of the building. I think the afternoon would be the best time to photograph this one when I return. The images here are darker then I would like.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 10/17/21 about 7:44 AM and 3/9/22 at 2:56 PM and 06/27/2023 about 7:51 PM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- The Republican Newspaper: New Deal Mural Remains Example of Public Art. January 4, 2023, accessed January 31, 2023.
- (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
