Celebrating our Nation's Post Offices
Post offices with artwork.
ADDRESS: 6255 Carrollton Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220
ADDRESS: 401 Washington Ave, Weldon, NC 27890
ARTIST: Jean de Marco
TITLE: Early Childhood of Virginia Dare
MEDIUM: Plaster (relief)
STATUS: The Weldon post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940
These are North Carolina post offices (M-Z) from my recent trip—September of 2022. Weldon, relief is the, “Early Childhood of Virginia Dare,”. She was the first English born child in the New Colony in 1587 (now North Carolina).
Doug
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
ADDRESS: 116 E Raleigh St, Siler City, NC 27344
ARTISTS: Maxwell B. Starr
TITLE: Building the First House at Siler’s Crossroads
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Siler 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 the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939
These are North Carolina post offices (M-Z) from my recent trip—September of 2022. The Pittsboro, Siler City, and Ramseur post offices were taken in 2016. Siler City—built 1940.
Doug
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz