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Crooksville Ohio Post Office

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Crooksville OH Post Office 43731
Crooksville OH Post Office 43731

ADDRESS: 200 East Main Street, Crooksville, Ohio 4373
ARTIST: Thomas G. LoMedico
TITLE: Potter
MEDIUM: Terra-cotta (relief)
STATUS: The Crooksville 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

Always a challenge taking good photos when the sun is right in your face. Note to self this was later in the day towards the end of October when I visited. If and when I return, I’ll want to visit in the morning hours for better photographs.

The relief looks great and has not changed a bit since it was first installed. What a wonderful treat to see a lobby which for the most part has not been remodeled too much.

David W. Gates Jr.

Crooksville OH Post Office 43731
Crooksville OH Post Office 43731
Crooksville OH Post Office 43731 Artifacts
Crooksville OH Post Office 43731 Cornerstone
Crooksville OH Post Office 43731 Lobby
Crooksville OH Post Office 43731 Relief FullCrooksville OH Post Office 43731 Relief Full
Crooksville OH Post Office 43731 Relief Signature

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Worthington Ohio Post Office

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Worthington OH Post Office 43085
Worthington OH Post Office 43085

ADDRESS: 597 High Street, Worthington, Ohio 43085
ARTIST: Vernon Thorwald Carlock (Vernon T. Carlock)
TITLE: Scioto County Settler?
MEDIUM: Terra-cotta (relief)
STATUS: The Worthington 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 near the south entrance/side entrance.
YEAR: 1939

The newer sign above the front entrance is ugly for this historic building. The remodel done in the past also took away the charm and character of the building.

Sometimes buildings should just be left alone. Cleaned up but otherwise left alone. This is one of those cases where it would have been better to leave the existing building as it was meant to be.

Add the addition and all the new updates per regulatory requirements, but leave the old building alone and put the relief where it was meant to be. Ok, I’m done venting now.

David W. Gates Jr.

Update:

Readers should be aware the title of this one may be titled incorrectly. The Democratic Vista’s book. Park & Markowitz list the title as: Scioto Company Settler, where the original photographed pulled from the National Archives list the title as Scioto County Settler. What is the official title? We’ll need to investigate further, but the artist may have intended the title to reference the founders who were known as the Scioto Company. Interesting indeed.

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Worthington OH Post Office 43085 Relief Center
Worthington OH Post Office 43085 Relief Center
Worthington OH Post Office 43085 Relief Left
Worthington OH Post Office 43085 Relief Full
Worthington OH Post Office 43085 Relief Plaque
Worthington OH Post Office 43085 Relief Right
Worthington OH Post Office 43085
Worthington OH Post Office 43085
Worthington OH Post Office 43085 Cornerstone
Worthington OH Post Office 43085

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Staunton Virginia Post Office – Guest

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Staunton VA
Staunton VA

ADDRESS: 123 W. Frederick Street, Staunton, VA 24401
ARTIST: Florence Bessom
TITLE: The McCormick Reaper
MEDIUM: Terra-cotta (relief)
STATUS: The Staunton post office is still an active post office; relief hangs on wall in very small lobby. A plaque on the wall states that the relief was discovered in 2003 while the building was being renovated. It measures approximately 3’ x 7.5’. Commissioned by the Treasury Department Section of Paintings and Sculptures.
YEAR: 1935

Recently was in Staunton, Virginia and came across this great looking New Deal Post Office Building. Part of the building (center 1st Floor) still serves as a small, downtown Post Office; ( the Main “modern” Post Office is now on the outskirts of town); and there are two, private businesses on either side of the station.

Best Regards, Roger

 

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