Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Pennsylvania between 1934 and 1943. [1] [2]
| Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aliquippa | Western Pennsylvania | | Niles Spencer | 1938 | oil on canvas; now in the National Museum of American Art | |
| Allentown | Ten panels on the area [3] | Gifford Beal | 1939 | oil on canvas; ten panels | ||
| Altoona | Pioneers of Altoona | Lorin Thompson | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Growth of the Road | ||||||
| Sterling Smeltzer | Created under the PWAP program; mural is missing [4] | |||||
| Ambler | The Family-Industry and Agriculture | | Harry Sternberg | 1939 | oil on canvas; artist painted himself and his wife and child as The Family [5] | |
| Athens | General Sullivan at Tioga Point | Allen Jones | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Bangor | Slate Belt People | Barbara Crawford | 1941 | |||
| Beaver Falls | The Armistice Letter | Eugene Higgins | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Belle Vernon | Men of Coal and Steel | Michael Loew | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Bridgeville | Smelting | Walter Carnelli | 1941 | fresco Mural was destroyed | ||
| Brownsville | Showing the People in the Early Days Transferring from Stagecoach to Boat | Richard Lahey | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
| Burgettstown | View of Burgettstown | John Fulton Folinsbee | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| California | Monongahela River | Saul Berman | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
| Canonsburg | Beatty's Barn | | Peter Blume | 1937 | oil on canvas | |
| Catasauqua | Arrival of the Stage | F. Luis Mora | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
| Columbia | Columbia Bridge | Bruce Mitchell | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Doylestown | William Markham Purchases Bucks County Territory | Charles Child | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Elizabethtown | Squaw's Rest | | Lee Gatch | 1942 | oil on canvas | |
| Farrell | Myths of Vulcan and Juno | Virginia Hargraves Wood (Riggs) | 1939 | Painted over in 1966 [3] | ||
| Freeland | Freeland | | John Fulton Folinsbee | 1938 | oil on canvas; "This mural depicts a view of Freeland from Butler Terrace. Familiar buildings of the town may be seen at the left. In the central section are the mine and large breaker. In the right foreground is the Drifton State Bank, a landmark of the vicinity." — John Folinsbee [6] | |
| Honesdale | Canal Boat | Walter Gardner | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Clearing the Wilderness | ||||||
| Coal | ||||||
| Gravity Railroad | ||||||
| Visit by Washington Irving | ||||||
| Jeannette | The Battle of Bushy Run | | T. Frank Olson, designer (d. 1935) [7] | 1938 | oil on canvas | |
| Robert Lepper [8] | ||||||
| Alexander J. Kostellow [9] [7] | ||||||
| Glass Industry | | T. Frank Olson, designer (d. 1935) [7] | ||||
| Robert Lepper [8] | ||||||
| Alexander J. Kostellow [9] [7] | ||||||
| Jenkintown | General Washington's Troops on the Old York Road | Hershel Levit | 1942 | tempera Stored in Jenkintown H.S. [3] | ||
| Kutztown | Rural Route Number One | Judson Smith | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Manheim | The First Orchestra in America | Theresa Bernstein | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Masontown | General LaFayette is Welcomed at Friendship Hill by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gallatin on May 27, 1925 | Harry Leith-Riss | 1941 | |||
| Mercer | Clearing the Land | Lorin Thompson | oil on canvas Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | |||
| Morrisville | Canal Era | Yngve Soderberg | 1939 | |||
| Mount Union | The Union of the Mountains | | Paul Rohland | 1937 | oil on canvas | |
| Muncy | Rachel Silverthorne's Ride | | John W. Beauchamp | 1938 | oil on canvas | |
| Nazerath | Cement Industry | | Ryah Ludins | 1938 | oil on canvas | |
| Norristown | Local Industry | Paul Mays | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
| U.S. Mail | ||||||
| Custom House and Appraisers Stores, Philadelphia | Customs and Court Activities and Various Court Activities | George Harding | 1938 | Thirty-one panels | ||
Kingsessing Branch, | Philadelphia Waterways with Ben Franklin Bridge | Moses Soyer | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
| Raphael Soyer | ||||||
| View of Downtown Philadelphia Skyline | Moses Soyer | |||||
| Raphael Soyer | ||||||
North Philadelphia Branch, Philadelphia | Mail Delivery | George Harding | 1939 | tempera | ||
| City | ||||||
| Country | ||||||
| Northern Coast | ||||||
| Office | ||||||
| Home | ||||||
| Tropics | ||||||
| History of Mail Transportation by Water | ||||||
| Philadelphia Southwark Branch, Philadelphia | Iron Plantation near Southwark-1800 | Robert Larter | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Shopyards at Southwark-1800 | ||||||
| Spring Garden Branch, Philadelphia | Streets of Philadelphia | Walter Gardner | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Post Office and Court House, Pittsburgh | Steel Industry | | Howard Cook | 1936 | fresco | |
| Modern Justice | Kindred McLeary | 1937 | Mural was painted over [3] | |||
| Pittsburgh Panorama | | Stuyvesant Van Veen | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Squirrel Hill Post Office, Pittsburgh | History of Squirrel Hill | Alan Thompson | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Plymouth | Meal Time with the Early Coal Miners | | Jared French | 1938 | oil on canvas | |
| Quakertown | Quaker Settlers | Bertram Goodman | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Renovo | Locomotive Repair Operation | Harold Lehman | 1943 | oil on canvas | ||
| Roaring Spring | Mountain Landscape | Elizabeth Shannon Phillips | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Scottdale | Local Life and Industries | Herry Scheuch | 1937 | oil on canvas Three panels | ||
| West Scranton Branch, Scranton | Nature's Storehouse | Herman Maril | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Sellersville | Carrying the Mail | Harry Sternberg | 1937 | tempera | ||
| Selinsgrove | Susquehanna Trail | George Rickey | 1939 | tempera | ||
| Somerset | Somerset-Farm Scene | Alexander Kostellow | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Tunkhannock | Defenders of the Wyoming Country-1778 | Ethel Ashton | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Vandergrift | Railroad Postal Service | Fred Hogg | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
| Wayne | Anthony Wayne | Alfred Crimi | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Wilkes Barre | Anthracite Coal | George Harding | 1941 | tempera |
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