Wildwood New Jersey Post Office

ADDRESS: 3311 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood, New Jersey 08260
ARTIST: Dennis Burlingame
TITLE: Activities of the Fishing Fleet
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (murals) 2 panels
STATUS: The Wildwood post office is still an active, operating facility. The murals can be viewed by interested members of the public. One panel resides in the main lobby above the mailboxes. The other panel resides in the retail section of the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door. As of this writing the facility is only open during business hours.
YEAR: 1939

May 18th – 23rd, of 2021 I visited New Jersey. The purpose of my trip was to personally visit the Fort Lee post office before it is lost forever. While I was out this way, I also decided to view as many other post offices with murals as possible. Wildwood was one of them.

I actually arrived very early in the morning. The lobby wasn’t open so I had to come back to see the murals. I also had a wonderful chat with the postmistress on site. I’m delighted she shared an interest in saving these historic buildings and art.

Wildwood is lucky to have two murals.

David W. Gates Jr.