ADDRESS: 202 N. Gospel St., Paoli, Indiana 47454
ARTIST: Tom Rost
TITLE: Rural Mail Carrier
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Paoli 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 a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937
It was getting late by the time I arrived in Paoli. I was pleased with he setting sun behind me as I was photographing the building. The deep blue skies also makes a more colorful image. Its photographs like these that really show off the building.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 9/26/21 about 6:43 PM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- (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
