Celebrating our Nation's Post Offices
Ohio Post Offices
ADDRESS: is 65 S. Fifth Street, Zanesville, OH
David,
Again, another non-New Deal post office building, but very cool indeed. Built in 1904 it also housed the Federal Building. Architect is George Hammond; architectural style is Beaux Arts. Added to National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The Zanesville PO I photographed appears vacant.
Best regards, Roger,
ADDRESS: 954 Wheeling Avenue, Cambridge, Ohio, 43725
David,
This is not a New Deal post office; however, it is a beautiful building completed in 1914. There is history associated with this site (according to a postal worker here) in that John Glenn reportedly signed up to join the US Army Air Corps after the attack on Pearl Harbor; the recruiting office was located in the post office. There is a mural inside the post office; however, it was completed in 1970. The building has been renamed in honor of John Glenn who was born in Cambridge, OH.
Best regards,
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
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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