Oak Park Illinois Post Office – Part 2 Mural #1 The Foundation of Fort Crevecoeur

ADDRESS: 901 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60301
ARTIST: John Theodore Johnson
TITLE: The Foundation of Fort Crevecoeur
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Oak Park post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. The mural resides in the lobby and is visible to the public.
YEAR: 1939

Welcome to part two in our five-part series featuring the Oak Park, Illinois Post Office. In part one of this series we introduced the building and artifacts housed here. Today we continue the tour and show you one of the four murals located in the lobby.

What do you think? Have you ever noticed the murals in this building? Did you every hear any interesting facts about them? I’d like to hear your comments below.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

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

Sources

• Personal visit on 11/02/2013 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