Wisconsin Post Offices

ADDRESS: 215 N. Walnut Reedsburg, Wisconsin 53959
ARTIST:  Richard Jansen
TITLE: Dairy Farming
MEDIUM: Mural
STATUS: The Reedsburg post office is still active, and the mural is view- able by the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR 1940

Today’s featured post office is Reedsburg Wisconsin. What a colorful mural, I really like this one. I must have waited about an hour for one single car to move in front of this building. But I drove all this way, and wasn’t planning on going home empty-handed. I waited and finally the front of the building opened up and I was able to get this un-obstructed view and photo of the Historic Reedsburg Wisconsin Post Office.

The colors of this mural really stood out to me. The great big red barn is pretty cool looking. What is your favorite part of this mural? Anything you’d like to share?

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

Sources

• Personal visit on 6/12/2013 by David W. Gates Jr.
• Wisconsin Post Office Murals by David W. Gates Jr.
• Wisconsin Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
• United States Postal Service
• (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
• National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Reference Number (00001240).
• National Archives Records and Administration Identifier Number (106779472).
• City of Reedsburg (“Dairy Farming” Mural – Public Art Directory – Reedsburg, Wisconsin (reedsburgwi.gov))