ADDRESS: 95 State St., Peoria, IL 61601
Today’s featured post office is Peoria, Illinois.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 8/29/2015 by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
Peoria Illinois Post Office
Illinois Post Offices
Illinois Post Offices
Former Peoria Illinois Post Office – Courthouse
ADDRESS: 100 North East Monroe Street., Peoria, Illinois, 61601
ARTIST: Freeman Schoolcraft
TITLE: Postal Service, Native Indian, Agriculture, and Industry
MEDIUM: Limestone (reliefs)
STATUS: The Peoria courthouse is still an active, operating facility. However, the post offices no longer operates out of this building. The reliefs can be viewed by interested members of the public. They reside on the exterior of the building.
YEAR: 1939
Another beautiful day for photographing old post offices. These were taken back in June of 2015. Here is why I’m just posting it now. See I take road trips and perform my site visits way in advanced of ever creating the articles. So when I return I have a backlog of photos that need to be sorted, saved and renamed. After this is done I then need to resize the photos. After I resize the photos I need to create the article you are now enjoying.
All this work means I have a pretty large backlog of work that needs to get done. Eventually as the winter months keep me inside more I’ll be able to catch up. But for now please enjoy the beautiful former Peoria post office and court-house.
I was pleasantly surprised these are located on the exterior of the building. No need to wait for the lobby to open or to have other objects in the way. I can just walk up and start photographing. What are your thoughts of limestone reliefs? Please comment and share below.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 6/27/2015 by David W. Gates Jr.
- (affiliate link) Illinois Post Office Mural Guidebook
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Reference Number (12000878).
- National Archives Records and Administration Identifier Number (28893833).
Former Morton Illinois Post Office
ADDRESS: 120 North Main Street, Morton, Illinois, 61550
ARTIST: Charles Umlauf
TITLE: Spirit of Communication
MEDIUM: Stone (relief)
STATUS: The relief no longer resides in the original building shown here. It was moved to the new building on Jefferson Street. It resides in the retail section of the lobby and is best viewed during business hours.
YEAR: 1939
Welcome to today’s featured former post office from Morton, Illinois.
So this is one of those cases where the art is no longer in this building. So then what do I do? Do I include the sources at the bottom of my articles as I normally do with building that do have art?
Those are decisions I have ponder as I create articles on former post offices buildings. Especially when the art no longer exist here.
The stone cast was moved to the new building on Jefferson St.
What do you know about the art moving to the new building? Please comment and share below.
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
Sources
- Personal visit on 9/6/2015 by David W. Gates Jr.
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
- Morton Illinois Village Hall (https://www.morton-il.gov/)