New Deal buildings or New Deal murals or artwork.

Newcomerstown Ohio Post Office – Guest

January 8, 2022 By Doug

ADDRESS: 133 West Canal Street, Newcomerstown, Ohio 43832
ARTIST: Cesare Stea
TITLE: Men and Machines
MEDIUM: Plaster (relief)
STATUS: The Newcomers post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939

I like this one a lot. What sticks out for me is the gold lettering and lamps on either side of the front entrance. This is perhaps the largest relief I’ve seen in a post office of this size. I love to see the cornerstone for this one.

I know wood carvings exist this large, but a plaster relief is quite unique.

Thanks Doug

Sources

Personal visit by Doug
United States Postal Service

Bridgeport Ohio Post Office – Doug

December 28, 2021 By Doug

ADDRESS: 300 S Lincoln Ave, Bridgeport, OH 43912
ARTIST: Richard Kenah
TITLE: Ohio Harvest
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Bridgeport 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 on a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940

Apparently this is a popular stop. Doug is the second person to send me images of the Bridgeport, building and art. I’m grateful to have them.

I never thought I’d be looking at multiple people and multiple articles for the same building. But here you go! I’m adding the persons name to the title of the article as it helps to differentiate between each contributor’s images.

Sources

Personal visit by Doug
United States Postal Service

Garrett Indiana Post Office

December 24, 2021 By David W. Gates Jr.

ADDRESS: 115 W., Keyser St., Garrett, Indiana 46738
ARTIST: Joeseph Hervey Cox (Joe Cox, Joseph H. Cox)
TITLE: Clearing the Right of Way
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Garrett 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: 1936

This was a challenging stop. One reason I like to visit post offices on Sunday is that often times it is easier to get external photographs of the buildings. Most of the times the buildings are in a business district with very little traffic.

That was not the case for my Garrett visit. There is a bowling aisle across the street from this one. It appears the patrons use the parking in front of the post office. After a few minutes, I knew the cars were not going move anytime soon. I had to make the best of this photographic situation.

In addition to the cars parked out front, the cornerstone on this one was also a challenge. The evergreen bushes butt right up against the cornerstone. Even when I tried to hold them back a bit it was difficult to get a straight-on photo of it. Once again the temptation to bring along loppers with me on my visits is overwhelming.

Let’s also add the sun behind the building. This also made getting good pictures also a challenge. As you can see from the first image below. When the sun is right above the building and low on the horizon it makes a dark image and hard to see the front of the building.

Although it was a challenging visit, I’m not entirely disappointed with the pictures I got during this visit. The lobby was also closed so I will be revisiting again to enjoy the mural.

David W. Gates Jr.