Galesburg Illinois Post Office

ADDRESS: 476 East, Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois, 61401
ARTIST: Aaron Bohrod
TITLE: Breaking the Prairie-Log City-1837
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Galesburg post office is still an active, operating facility and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the main lobby on the wall.
YEAR: 1938

Galesburg, Illinois was one post office I visited during a road trip in January 2012. This was a wonderful stop and an awesome mural. The mural was so large it was difficult to get the entire pieces into one photograph. I took several pictures and highlight them below.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

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

Sources

• Personal visit on 1/12/2012 & 6/21/2024 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