ADDRESS: 112 Main Ave., Kaukauna, Wisconsin 54130
ARTIST: Vladimir Rousseff
TITLE: A. Grignon Trading with the Indians
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The mural no longer resides in the original building shown here it has since been moved to the new post office building located on Dotty Street. The mural is in the main lobby.
YEAR: 1938
This one is a good story. I was driving around searching for post offices. When I entered Kaukauna I immediately found the newer post office. However, my research lead me to believe it was an older post office with a mural. So naturally when I arrived at the newer building I was a bit disappointed. I’ll highlight the newer building tomorrow, but today’s featured post office is the original or former Kaukauna Wisconsin Post Office.
Thanks to the employees at the local McDonald’s who gave me directions.
It appears this building has made it onto the Register of Historic Places and will be preserved. According to this Wikipedia Article.
Come back tomorrow to view the newer Kaukauna Post Office and the mural that once resided in this classic WPA era building. Move to the new building in 1988
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 8/21/2012 by David W. Gates Jr.
- Wisconsin Post Office Murals by David W. Gates Jr.
- Wisconsin Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- (affiliate links) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Reference Number (91001990).
- National Archives Records and Administration Identifier Number (106782020).
- Freedom Fellowship (https://www.cometofreedom.com/)
Reminds me a lot of the Lowville, NY post office