ADDRESS: 400 Del Antico Ave, Oakley, CA 94561
Oakley California post office.
Doug
Sources
- Personal visit July 2022 by Doug
- United States Postal Service
Oakley California Post Office – Guest
California Post Offices
California Post Offices
Merced California Post Office Bell Station – Guest
ADDRESS: 415A W 18th St, Merced, CA 95340
ARTIST: Helen Forbes
TITLE: Jedediah Smith Crossing the Merced River
MEDIUM: Tempera on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Merced post office is still an active operating facility and the mural resides in the lobby for interested members of the public.
YEAR: 1937
Bell Station is also a Federal Building and was renamed for Thomas Bell who was a mail carrier and later acting postmaster in Merced. He combined to work for the USPS in Merced for 50 years. The lobby mural is of American hunter Jedediah Smith Crossing the Merced River. The mural was painted in 1937. This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Doug
Sources
- Personal visit July 2022 by Doug
- United States Postal Service
Martinez California Court Station Post Office – Guest
ADDRESS: 815 Court St, Martinez, CA 94553
ARTIST: Maynard Dixon and Edith Hamlin
TITTLE: The Road to Eldorado
MEDIUM: Tempera on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Martinez post office is still an active operating facility. The mural resides in the lobby and can be viewed by interested members of the public.
YEAR: 1939
The Martinez Court Square Post Office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been recently restored. Unfortunately it was locked when I was there and couldn’t photograph the lobby and New Deal Mural.
Doug
Sources
- Personal visit July 2022 by Doug
- United States Postal Service