Riverside New Jersey Post Office

ADDRESS: 4 W. Scott St., Riverside, New Jersey 08075
ARTIST: John Poehler
TITLE: The Town of Progress—1855
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Riverside 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 the wall above the mailbox room.
YEAR: 1937

Looks like an addition to the right side of this building. The lobby also appears to have been remodeled. The mural remains above what must have been the postmaster’s office. I think at some point they converted this office into more space for mailboxes. The mural has the cutout at the bottom, which would have indicated it was meant to fit around the door mantle.

Note to self, the lobby was open after hours, this made viewing and photographing the mural a successful trip.

What do you think? please comment below.

David W. Gates Jr.