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List of United States post office murals in Ohio

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

LocationMural titleImageArtistDateNotes NRHP listed
Ada Country Dance Albert Kotin 1940oil on canvas
Amherst Pioneers Crossing the Ohio River Michael Loew 1941oil on canvas; building is now the city's headquarters for a Main Street revitalization project.
Barnesville The Drift Towards Industrialism [4] Barnesville OH Michael Sarisky.jpg Michael Sarisky 1937oil on canvas; lost but replacement commissioned by the Belmont County Historical Society [5]
Bedford The Flight to Industry [6] Karl Anderson 1937oil on canvas

Building now used by as offices for an architectural firm.

Bellevue Ohio Ohio 1937.jpg Paul Meltsner 1937
Bluffton Joseph Deford and His Friends Build the First Cabin in Bluffton Sante Graziani 1941oil on canvas
Bridgeport Ohio Harvest Richard Hay Kenah 1940oil on canvasl winner of the 48-State Mural Competition
Caldwell Noble County-Ohio Robert Lepper 1938tempera
Canton Steel Industry Art at the Frank T. Bow Federal Building, Canton, Ohio LCCN2010720589.tif Glenn M. Shaw 1937Treasury Relief Art Project; thirteen panels
Chardon Maple Sugar Camp George Picken 1942oil on canvas; mural has been moved to an office nearby
Cincinnati Landmarks of Cincinnati John Holmes 1934Public Works of Art Project [7]
Paul Chidlaw
Frederick Springer
Richard Zoellner
Main Post Office, Cleveland Post Office Interiors Jack Greitzer 1936oil on canvas

Two panels

Pearlbrook Branch,

Cleveland

Ore Docks and Steel Mills Richard Zoellner 1938
University Center Branch,

Cleveland

Historical and Modern Scenes of Cleveland [1] Clarence Zyuld 1937
John Czosz
Coldwater Coldwater Activities Joep Nicolas 1942oil on canvas
Crestline The Crossroads-Crestline, Ohio Gifford Beal 1943oil on canvas
Dennison Passenger Pigeon Edmund Sawyer 1940oil on canvas
East Liverpool Old Bennett Pottery Plant Roland Schweinsburg 193615-foot lunette commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project [8]

The building is now the Museum of Ceramics [9]

East Palestine Early East Palestine and Dr. Rhett Chamberlain's Post Office and Warehouse Rolf Stoll 1937oil on canvas
Eaton Van Ausdel's Trading Post Van Ausdals Trading Post (mural study, Eaton, Ohio Post Office) SAAM-1962.8.57 1.jpg Roland Schweinsburg 1939oil on canvas
Fairborn

(formerly Osborn) [1]

Wright Brothers in Ohio Henry Simon 1941oil on canvas
Gambier Bishop C. Chase Selects Site of Kenyon College Norris Rahming 1943oil on canvas
Geneva Rural Homestead William Sommer 1939oil on canvas
Georgetown Tobacco Harvest Richard Zoellner 1938oil on canvas
Girard Workers of the Soil John Edward Costigan 1938Mural destroyed [1]
Granville First Pulpit in Granville FWA-PBA-Paintings and Sculptures for Public Buildings-painting depicting wooded scene of westward pioneers singing... - NARA - 197081.tif Wendell Jones 1938oil on canvas
Hamilton Fort Hamilton

AgricultureIndustries of Hamilton

 Richard Zoellner 1934Six panels
Hubbard Steel Industry The Steel Industry.jpg Hugh Mesibov 1934oil on canvas
Louisville Farn and Mill Herschel Levit 1941tempera
McConnelsville Mail-the Connecting Link Sally Haley 1938oil on canvas
Marysville The Farmer James Egleson 1940fresco
Maumee Communication Rudolph Scheffler 1938oil on canvas
Medina Gathering the Apple CropRichard Zoellner1938oil on canvas; mural was destroyed [1]
Montpelier Harvest, the Annals of America Leonard Ahneman 1941oil on canvas
Mount Gilead Pioneering to Progress Julius Wyhof 1938oil on canvas
New Concord Skaters Clyde Singer 1941oil on canvas
New Lexington Great Men Came from the Hills Isabel Bishop 1938oil on canvas
New London New London Facets Lloyd R. Ney 1940oil on canvas

The only officially Section mural to be labeled "abstract" [10]

Oak Harbor Early Oak Harbor Clarence Zuelch 1940oil on canvas
Orrville Judge Smith Orr and Robert Taggard Planning the New Settlement at Orville-1852 Aldo Lazzarini 1937oil on canvas
Perrysburg Building of Fort Meigs, 1813 The Building of Fort Meigs, 1813 (Mural Study, Perrysburg, Ohio Post Office) .jpg Glenn M. Shaw 1937oil on canvas
Portsmouth Characteristic Local Scenes in Portsmouth Clarence Carter 1938oil on canvas, four panels
WaterfrontRichard Zoellner1937oil on canvas
Coal Barges
Ravenna Early RavennaClarence Carter1936oil on canvas
Springfield Printing in Springfield The Printing Industry (study for mural, Springfield, Ohio Post Office).jpg Herman H. Wessel 1937
Manufacture of Farm Implements The Farm Implement Industry (mural study, Springfield, Ohio Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.104 1.jpg
Tipp City Construction of Miami-Erie Canal in Miami City Herman Zimmerman 1940tempera
Upper Sandusky The Mail Alois Fabry 1937oil on canvas
Wadsworth They came as Wadsworth's First Settler after the War of 1812 F. Thornton Martin 1938oil on canvas
Wapaknneta Wapakonata and American History Joseph Limarzi 1937
Warren Romance of Steel, Old and

Romance of Steel, Modern

 Glenn Shaw 1938oil on canvas
Wauseon Cooperative Planning and Development in Wauseon Cooperative Planning and Developing, Wauseon, Ohio (mural study, Wauseon, Ohio Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.95 1.jpg Jack Greitzer 1938oil on canvas
Waverly Arrival of Packet Roy Best 1942oil on canvas
Westerville The Daily Mail Olive Nuhfer 1937oil on canvas
Willard The Roundhouse Mitchell Jamieson 1941oil on canvas [11]
Willoughby White Man's First Sight of Lake Erie Sterling Smeltzer 1938oil on canvas; mural is missing [1]
Yellow Springs Yellow Springs-Preparation for Lifework Axel Horn 1941oil on canvas

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Park, Marlene; Markowitz, Gerald E. (1984). Democratic vistas: post offices and public art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN   0-87722-348-3. OCLC   10877506.
  2. ↑ American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941 pp 623 – 658
  3. ↑ "Ohio New Deal Art". WPAmurals.com. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Painting: Ohio, Oklahoma". National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ "New mural unveiled at Barnesville Post Office in Ohio". Living New Deal. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  6. ↑ "Painting: Ohio, Oklahoma". National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Winners". Bulletin Number 5. Washington, D.C.: Section of Painting and Sculpture. September 1935. p. 11. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Work in Progress Under the Treasury Relief Art Project". Bulletin Number 8. Washington, D.C.: Treasury Department Art Projects, United States Department of the Treasury. January–February 1936. p. 28. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ "New Deal/WPA Art in East Liverpool, Ohio". New Deal Art During the Great Depression. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  10. ↑ Marling, Karal A. (1982). Wall-to-Wall America : A Cultural History of Post Office Murals in the Great Depression (First ed.). University of Minnesota Press. p.  293. ISBN   0816611165.
  11. ↑ Justin Hamel (21 August 2020). "Searching for America's 1930s post office murals - a photo essay". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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