Metuchen New Jersey Post Office

ADDRESS: 360 Main St., Metuchen, New Jersey 08840
ARTIST: Harld Ambellan
TITLE: Gardeners
MEDIUM: Plaster (relief)
STATUS: The Metuchen 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: 1939

Another beautiful building that has been well cared for.

One thing I noticed about reliefs, carvings and sculptures is that because of the three-demential attribute of them, they tend to collect dust. The relief in Metuchen is a perfect example.

After taking close up images of this one you can really see the dust and dirt collect on the top part of the relief. I was temped to ask the staff I could get up there to dust is off and clean it, but I didn’t.

David W. Gates Jr.