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Oak Park Illinois Post Office – Part 4 Mural #3 The Pioneer – The First Train West of Chicago to Oak Ridge

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Oak Park IL Post Office 60301 Corner Stone
Oak Park IL Post Office 60301 Corner Stone

ADDRESS: 901 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60301
ARTIST: John Theodore Johnson
TITLE: The Pioneer – First Train West of Chicago to Oak Ridge
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Oak Park 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 and is viewable to the public.
YEAR: 1939

Welcome to part three in our five-part series featuring the Oak Park Illinois Post Office. Yesterday we featured the second mural in the Oak Park Lobby. Today we feature the third mural.

Now on the good stuff, let’s continue our tour of the murals. The following is a collection of photographs from the third panel. How have you liked this series so far? Did you learn something new? What else do you know about it? Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with some and said to yourself….”Man you should really see the Oak Park Illinois Post Office” They have some really neat stuff there? That’s exactly what happen to me. And thanks to Deb she enlighten me to this great building.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-10
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-9
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-8
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-7
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-6
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-5
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-4
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-3
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-2
Oak Park Illinois Post Office Mural 60301 M3-1

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  1. The Oak Park, Illinois P.O. cornerstone is most unique, with the names of other architects other than the supervising architect. The White & Weber Co. were commissioned by the u. s. Treasury Dept. under the supervision of the acting supervising architect, James A Wetmore to design and forward plans and specifications for the post office construction. The cost of the construction was limited to the original congressional appropriation. Usually these architects were from the local area, which was a plus for the local residents, that at times had their own input towards the final design