ADDRESS: 201 S., Main St., Ligonier, Indiana 46767
ARTIST: Fay E. Davis
TITLE: Cutting Timber
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Ligonier 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: 1939
I managed to visit this one twice in one day to get the best possible photograph. It wan’t in my plan, but it worked out that way. I’ll need to revisit to see the mural. It was Sunday and the lobby was closed.
I’m loving the eagle and the spider web looking design above the door.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 12/12/21 about 11:20 AM and 2:12 PM, & 3/2/2022 about 7:40 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana 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
- (affiliate link): A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
: John C. Carlisle
- Parma Conservation (https://parmaconservation.com)
