ADDRESS: 202 E 2nd St, North Manchester, Indiana 46962
ARTIST: Alan Tompkins
TITLE: Indiana Farm – Sunday Afternoon
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The North Manchester 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: 1935
I hadn’t planned on stopping here, but there was still daylight when I finished up in Berne. I’m delighted I made it here as the sun was setting.
What a great looking building. I love the decorative brick elements on the facade. I have no idea what they are called, but the stamp looking bricks above the windows are unique.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 11/23/21 about 5:15 PM and 06/30/2023 about 12:57 PM 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)
