Celebrating our Nation's Post Offices
Post offices that have historical plaques or historical designation.
ADDRESS: 1516 18th St., Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54241
Today’s featured post office is Two Rivers. What a great looking building. What can you tell me about it?
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
ADDRESS: 215 N. Walnut Reedsburg, Wisconsin 53959
ARTIST: Richard Jansen
TITLE: Dairy Farming
MEDIUM: Mural
STATUS: The Reedsburg post office is still active, and the mural is view- able by the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR 1940
Today’s featured post office is Reedsburg Wisconsin. What a colorful mural, I really like this one. I must have waited about an hour for one single car to move in front of this building. But I drove all this way, and wasn’t planning on going home empty-handed. I waited and finally the front of the building opened up and I was able to get this un-obstructed view and photo of the Historic Reedsburg Wisconsin Post Office.
The colors of this mural really stood out to me. The great big red barn is pretty cool looking. What is your favorite part of this mural? Anything you’d like to share?
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
ADDRESS: 119 E. Jefferson St. Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665
ARTIST: Forrest Flower
TITLE: War Party
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Viroqua Post Office is still active and the mural viewable. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1942
Today’s featured post office is Viroqua Wisconsin. And what a beauty and kind of disturbing one at the same time. Read on for more.
My first though was how large the painting is. I’m a bad judge of dimensions but the mural stretches all the way to the ceiling and down both sides of the postmasters office door. My second though was how violent the subject appears. The colors are also dark adding to the overall feeling of this mural.
One thing I wasn’t prepared for was all the photographs of the past postmasters on the wall. This was an added treat and I photographed each photograph. I though it might be nice to have this here.
I took a lot of pictures since I ended up visiting this one twice, two weekends back to back in order to get inside the building. I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz