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List of United States post office murals in Illinois

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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Illinois between 1934 and 1943. [1] [2] [3]

LocationMural titleImageArtistDateNotes NRHP

listed [4]

Berwyn The Picnic Richard Haines 1942oil on canvas
Bushnell Pioneer Home in Bushnell Bushnell, Il Post Office mural, "Pioneer Home in Bushnell" by Reva Jackman.JPG Reva Jackman 1938oil on canvas
Cairo Sandbagging the Bulkheads Wendell Jones 1944Completed, but refused. Returned to government custody, but after being shown in an international mural exhibition at the end of World War II [5]
Carmi Service to the Farmer Davenport Griffen 1939oil on canvas
Carthage Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin (mural study, Carthage, Illinois Post Office) SAAM-1962.8.84 1.jpg Karl Kelpe 1939oil on canvas1989
Chicago

Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St.

Advent of the Pioneers, 1851 Advent of the Pioneers.jpg Frances Foy 1938oil on canvas, was on display at Cardiss Collins Post Office; moved to Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St.
The Great Indian Council – 1833 The Great Indian Council - 1833.jpg Gustaf Dalstrom 1934oil on canvas, installed at the Chestnut St. Station; moved to Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St.
Chicago

Lakeview Station

 Chicago: Epoch of a Great City Harry Sternberg self-portrait from Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood post office.JPG Chicagos Lakeview post office mural center.JPG Chicagos Lakeview post office mural right side.JPG Harry Sternberg 1938oil on canvas; self-portrait of the artist as a scientist in the lower left corner
Chicago

Main Post Office

Mural Maps Charles Turzak 1937oil on canvas, 27 panel; painted over but restored in 2000; in the many upper-floor offices of General McCoy, head of the Sixth Army Corpsl2001
Chicago

Morgan Park Station

Father Jacques Marquette, 1674 Father Jacques Marquette Morgan Park.jpg Theodore Johnson 1937oil on canvas
Chillicothe Railroading Chillicothe, Il Post Office mural, "Rail Roading" by Arthur H. Lidov (cropped).jpg Arthur Lidov 1942tempera on board
Clinton Clinton in Winter Aaron Bohrod 1939oil on canvas
Decatur The Fusion of Agriculture and Industry Mitchell Siporin 1938fresco
Early Pioneers Edward Millman 1938three murals and a fresco
Social Consciousness
Growth of Democracy Growth of Democracy in Illinois (mural study, Decatur, Illinois Post Office).jpg
Frank Lloyd Wright The Discovery, Use and Conservation of Natural Resources (Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright), (Study for mural, Decatur, Illinois post office) SAAM-1974.28.304 1.jpg Edgar Britton 1938fresco
Carl Sandburg The Discovery, Use and Conservation of Natural Resources (Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright), (Study for mural, Decatur, Illinois post office) SAAM-1974.28.304 1.jpg
Natural Resources of Illinois
John Deere
Colonel Francis Parker
Development of Illinois
Des Plaines Father Marquette James M. Newell 1945two murals
Downers Grove Chicago, Railroad Center of the World Elizabeth Tracy 1940oil on canvas
Dwight Stage at Dawn Carlos Lopez 1937fresco
East Alton The Letter Frances Foy 1936oil on canvas
East Moline Early Settlers of Moline Along the Mississippi Edgar Britton 1936oil on canvas
Eldorado Mining in Illinois Mining in Illinois (mural study, Eldorado, llinois Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.326 1.jpg William Schwartz 1937oil on canvas
Elmhurst There Was a Vision George Melville Smith 1938oil on canvas
Fairfield Old SettlersWilliam Schwartz1936oil on canvas
Flora Good News and Bad Good News and Bad (mural study, Flora, Illinois Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.18 1.jpg 1937oil on canvas
Forest Park The White Fawn White Fawn (mural study for Forest Park, Illinois Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.316 1.jpg Miriam McKinnie 1940damaged during removal; in storage at Forest Park Public Library
Galesburg Breaking the Prairie, Log City 1837 Galesburg, Il Post Office Mural, Breaking the Prairie-Log City-1837 by Aaron Bohrod (RS).JPG Aaron Bohrod 1938oil on canvas
Geneva Fish Fry in the Park Manuel Bromberg 1941tempera
Gibson City Hiawatha Returning with Minnehaha Gibson City, IL Post Office mural, "Hiawatha Returning with Minnehaha" by Francis Foy.JPG Frances Foy 1940oil on canvas
Gillespie Illinois Farm Gustaf Dalstrom 1935oil on canvas
Glen Ellyn Settlers Daniel Rhodes 1937oil on canvas
Hamilton On the River Edmund Lewandowski 1942oil on canvas
Herrin George Rogers Clark Conferring with Indians near Herrin, Illinois Gustaf Dalstrom 1940oil on canvas; destroyed [6]
Lemont Canal Boats Charles Turzak 1938oil on canvas
Lewistown Lewistown Milestones Ida Abelman 1941tempera
Madison Assimilation and Immigration into Industrial Life of Madison A. Raymond Katz 1940oil and tempera on canvas
Marseilles Industrial Marseilles "Industrial Marseilles" by Avery Johnson (1938).JPG Avery F. Johnson 1938oil on canvas, restored in 2005
Marshall Harvest Miriam McKinnie 1938oil on canvas
McLeansboro The First Mail Flight First Official Airmail Flight, McLeansboro, Illinois, September 26, 1912 SAAM-1974.28.98 1.jpg Dorothea Mierisch 1941oil on canvas
Melrose Park Airmail Air Mail by Edwin Boyd Johnson, 1937.jpg Edwin Boyd Johnson 1937fresco
Moline Ploughshare Manufacturing Edward Millman 1937egg tempera on gesso
Mount Carroll Rural Scene – Wakarusa Valley Rural Scene-Wakarusa Valley.jpg Irene Bianucci 1941oil on canvas
Mount Morris The Growth of Mount Morris Dale Nichols 1939oil on canvas
Mount Sterling The Covered Bridge Henry Bernstein 1941tempera
Naperville George Martin's Home Overlooking Old Naper Hill Rainey Bennett [7] 1941oil on canvas
Nashville Barnyard Zoltan Seeshy 1942tempera on wallboard
Normal Development of the State Normal School Normal, IL Post Office mural, "Development of the State Normal School" by Albert Pels.jpg Albert Pels 1938oil on canvas
Oak Park The Founding of Fort Crevecoeur
The Founding of Fort Crevecoeur.jpg
J. Theodore Johnson 1939oil on canvas
La Salle's Search for Tonti, 1680
La Salle's Search for Tonti, 1680.jpg
The Pioneer of 1848
The Pioneer of 1848 first train west of Chicago to Oak Park.jpg
The Osceola – The First Shipment of Wheat from Chicago, 1839
The Osceola - The First Shipment of Wheat from Chicago, 1839.jpg
O'Fallon John Mason Peck, First Postmaster, Handing Out Mail, 1830 Merlin F. Pollack 1939oil on canvas
Oglesby The Illini and Potawatomies Struggle at Starved Rock The Illini and Potawatomies Struggle at Starved Rock.jpg Fay E. Davis 1942oil on canvas
Oregon Pioneer and Democracy David Cheskin 1940tempera
Petersburg Lincoln at New Salem, Illinois John Winters 1938oil on canvas
Pittsfield Riverboat and Bridge William Schwartz (artist) 1938oil on canvas
Rushville Hart Fellows – Builder of Rushville Hart Fellows-Builder of Rushville (mural study, Rushville, Illinois Post Office) 1962.8.12 1a.jpg Rainey Bennett [7] 1940oil on canvas
Salem Lincoln as Postmaster in New Salem Vladimir Rousseff 1938oil on canvas
Shelbyville Shelby County Fair-1900 Shelbyville IL USPO Mural.jpg Lucia Wiley 1941fresco
Staunton Going to Work Ralf Hendricksen 1941oil on canvas
Tuscola The Old Days The Old Days by Edwin Boyd Johnson, 1941.jpg Edwin Boyd Johnson 1941oil on canvas
Vandalia Old State Capitol Building Aaron Bohrod 1936oil on canvas
Virden Illinois Pastoral James Daugherty 1939tempera and oil
Wilmette In the Soil is Our Wealth Raymond Breinin 1938oil on canvas
Wood River Stagecoach and Mail Archibald Motley, Jr. 1937oil on canvas

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Mary Emma (2005). A Guide to Depression Era Art in Illinois Post Offices (revised ed.). Westfield, IL: Author. ISBN   9780977028603.
  2. ↑ George H. Mavicliano and Richard A. Lawson, The Federal Art Project in Illinois: 1935–1943. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990.
  3. ↑ "Illinois New Deal Art". WPAmurals.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Google Fusion Tables" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Courthouse and Post Office – Cairo IL". The Living New Deal. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Illinois". Endangered Murals Registry. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  7. 1 2 "Depression Era Art Project in Illinois". lib.niu.edu. Illinois Periodicals Online. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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