ADDRESS: 597 High Street, Worthington, Ohio 43085
ARTIST: 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.
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
Sources
- Personal visit on 10/27/2022 at 9:46 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz