ADDRESS: 240 South Heincke Road, Miamisburg, Ohio 45342
ARTIST: Leo Schulemowitz
TITLE: Indian and Trader
MEDIUM: Wood (relief / carving)
STATUS: The postal service vacated the original building which housed a wood relief. The current Miamisburg post office is an active, operating facility, and the wood relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the retail section of the lobby and is best viewed during business hours.
YEAR: 1942
I don’t know why, but sometimes its the little things I notice that make me smile. Take for instance the port window (circular window). It makes me ask, why did the architect what a circular window? Anyway, just thought I’d point that one out. Why, you ask? because I’m weird that way.
It is also a delight to see that someone took the time to build out all the displays in the lobby. There are at least four different cases with artifacts and historical items. Fun to see this mini museum in Miamisburg.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 10/25/2022 at 1:39 PM 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
Maybe the architect was looking to break up that horizontal, squared-off, right-angled and
unbroken surface of the building, so he stuck in the round window.