ADDRESS: 227 W. Main St., Cambridge City, Indiana 47327
ARTIST: Samuel F. Hersey
TITLE: Pride of Cambridge City
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Cambridge City post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1941
What a beautiful building. Maybe because I had brilliant light and timing but I’m loving this building. Is also in really good shape.
Disappointed the lobby was closed, but if you go to the side entrance and look through the windows you can see the mural. I was able to get a few images of the mural through the windows, but will return for better pictures.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/7/21 about 2:35 PM and 3/09/2022 at 9:59 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- (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)
