ADDRESS: 825 1st Ave E, Horton, Kansas 66439
ARTIST: Kenneth Evett
TITLE: Picnic in Kansas and Changing Horses for the Pony Express
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (murals)
STATUS: The Horton post office is still an active, operating facility and the murals can be viewed by interested members of the public. The larger mural resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door. The second panel resides above the post office boxes on the other side of the lobby.
YEAR: 1939
In the summer of 2022 I attended a family in Kansas. During this trip I stopped at three post offices with artwork. Horton was the first one I viewed from Kansas. The two others I visited were Sabetha, and Seneca.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 7/23/2022 at 8:47 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
- Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- Kansas Sampler Foundation: 8 Wonders of Kansas Art | Post Office Section Art, statewide Kansas Sampler Foundation
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Mural Study: Picnic in Kansas (mural study, Horton, Kansas Post Office) | Smithsonian American Art Museum (si.edu)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). KTWU Sunflower Journey’s. “Murals, Glass & Mask” – 2604 Season 26 Episode 2604, Post Office Murals, Depression Glass, Plains People: Dave Van Hee.