Post office buildings with cornerstones.

Woodsfield Ohio Post Office

November 5, 2022 By David W. Gates Jr.

ADDRESS: 125 N Main St, Woodsfield, OH 43793
ARTISTS: Joseph Stott
TITLE: The Clearing
MEDIUM: Wood (carving)
STATUS: The Woodsfield post office is still an active, operating facility, and the carving can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1941

Another beautiful day for photographing post offices. This was another stop during my October 2022 road trip.

Great to see a wood carving, most as you know are murals and painted on canvas. This one is wood and on the larger size with a lot of detail.

David W. Gates Jr.

Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Center

Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Full

Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Cornerstone

Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Right

Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Left

Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Signature

Sources

Personal visit on 10/23/2022 at 11:05 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
United States Postal Service
(affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz

Hamilton Ohio Post Office

November 4, 2022 By David W. Gates Jr.

ADDRESS: 105 Court Street, Hamilton, Ohio 45011
ARTIST: Richard Zoellner
TITLE: Fort Hamilton, Agriculture and Industries of Hamilton (6 panels)
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Hamilton post office is still an active, operating facility, and the murals can be viewed by interested members of the public. Five reside in the main lobby on the wall above the front entrances. The sixth resides on the west wall above, the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1941

Hamilton was another stop during my October 2022 road trip. I wasn’t expecting such a large building or I just wasn’t thinking at the time I was planning the trip. I’m happy I didn’t need to wait long for an unobstructed view of the front.

This building has six individual panels, one large one above the postmaster and office door. The other five are half circles above the front entrances to the building.

The larger one above the postmaster’s door is a bit difficult to photograph. The light hanging from the ceiling makes it difficult to see and photograph.

They are all in great shape, and I suspect have been restored or touched up.

David W. Gates Jr.

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Cornerstone

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-1-Full

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-1-Center

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-1-left

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-3-Signature

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-2-Signature

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-1-right

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-5-Signature

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-4-Signature

Hamilton OH Post Office 45011 Mural-6-Signature

Sources

Personal visit on 10/25/2022 at 11:26 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
United States Postal Service
(affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz

Granville Ohio Post Office

November 3, 2022 By David W. Gates Jr.

ADDRESS: 203 Broadway East, Granville, Ohio 43023
ARTIST: Wendell Jones
TITLE: First Pulpit in Granville
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Granville post office is still an active, operating facility. However, the mural has been reported missing, lost or destroyed. It previously resided in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937

I arrived late in the day as one of my last stops during my October 2022 road trip. I actually didn’t think I was going to be able to photograph it. The daylight as draining fast but I was able to get a few good photos.

Once I was done there, I headed over to the Granville public library to upload and save all the images I had taken for the day. I’ve learned that saving my images at the end of the day is a good idea.

David W. Gates Jr.