ADDRESS: 107 E Main St, Attica, IN 47918
ARTIST: Reva Jackman
TITLE: Trek of the Covered Wagons to Indiana
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Attica post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the pubic. It resides in the lobby on a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1938
I’m grateful for the wonderful weather, blue skies when I visited the Attica, Indiana post office. Unfortunately, the lobby is closed on Sunday’s and I was not able to see the mural. I’ll have to plan another trip.
Note to self: plan your next trip during business hours so you can see the mural.
Update, I was able to re-visit this one in February 2022 during business hours. I love the display case they have in the lobby. It has some great post office memorabilia from the past. Great historical display.
David W. Gates Jr.
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
Sources
- Personal visit on 9/26/21 about 9:35 AM & 02/19/2022 about 8:03 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- Hoosier Happenings Hoosier Happenings: From Attica to Monticello by mail & canvas
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- (affiliate link) A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals: John C. Carlisle
- Parma Conservation (https://parmaconservation.com)