ADDRESS: 225 S Van Rensselaer St, Rensselaer, Indiana 47978
ARTIST: John Edward Costigan
TITLE: Receiving the Mail on the Farm
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Rensselaer post office is still an active operating facility and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. The mural resides on the wall in the lobby above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937
Rensselaer was another stop during my recent road trip through Indiana. It was early and the sun raisers behind the building. Making my photographs darker than I like.
Note to self, if you visit again, try to time this in the afternoon when the sun is shining on the front of the building.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 9/18/21 about 7:30 AM and 03/02/2022 at 3:49 PM and 06/27/2023 about 11:15 AM by David, Post Office Fans
- Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- Indiana Landmarks (New Deal Left Its Stamp on Local Post Offices – Indiana Landmarks)
- Rensselaer Adventures Rensselaer Adventures: Post Office Mural
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
: John C. Carlisle
