ADDRESS: 116 E Raleigh St, Siler City, NC 27344
ARTISTS: Maxwell B. Starr
TITLE: Building the First House at Siler’s Crossroads
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Siler City 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 postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939
These are North Carolina post offices (M-Z) from my recent trip—September of 2022. The Pittsboro, Siler City, and Ramseur post offices were taken in 2016. Siler City—built 1940.
Doug
Siler City NC Mural
Siler City NC
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
Sources
- Personal visit on 2016 by Doug
- United States Postal Service (https://www.usps.com)
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz