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Michael Aloysius Sarisky

Barnesville Ohio Post Office

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Barnesville OH Post Office 43713
Barnesville OH Post Office 43713

ADDRESS: 116 East Church Street, Barnesville, Ohio, 43713
ARTIST: Michael Aloysius Sarisky
TITLE: Airmail
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Barnesville 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. The current mural which resides in its places was a replacement replica created by a local artist. The news articles provide the full story.
YEAR: 1937

Barnesville was another goal during my recent October 2022 road trip. I was anxious for this visit as it was one of the missing, lost or destroyed murals. You can imagine my surprise when I observed a mural in the lobby.

Kudos to the Burnsville community in coming together to create a replacement mural. The building is well maintained and the mural looks good. The newspaper clippings gives you the full story. Very nice!

David W. Gates Jr.

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Barnesville OH Post Office 43713 Mural Detail

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Barnesville OH Post Office 43713-Roger
Barnesville OH Post Office 43713-Roger

ADDRESS: 116 E. Church St., Barnesville, Ohio, 43713
ARTIST: Michael Aloysius Sarisky
TITLE: Airmail
MEDIUM: Mural
STATUS: The Barnesville 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

Guest Post – Roger

David,

This active post office was completed in 1934.  The mural is missing and the employees that I spoke with inside do not know what happened to it.  I found an article about the missing mural and will send it to you.

The missing mural was named “Airmail” and was painted by Michael Sarisky in 1937; oil on canvas; commissioned by the Treasury of Fine Arts. Fairly busy post office in a nice town with a lot of history and annual events such as a Pumpkin Festival. Another wonderful building in Barnesville, Ohio.

Best Regards,
Roger

When I create an article such as this one and there is mystery around some fact or figure I like to tag the article with “HELP”. The mural is missing from this building and very little is known surrounding its disappearance.

I’ve written about this in other articles and from other states and hope to get the word out in case someone out there has more information about it. If you do, please contact us as we would love to learn more about it. I’m not interested in getting anyone in trouble, I just really want to learn more about it.

Thanks again Roger for great photos of the building.

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Barnesville OH Post Office 43713-Roger
Barnesville OH Post Office 43713-Roger

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