ADDRESS: 200 N Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22320
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Doug,
Sources
- Personal visit by Doug
- United States Postal Service
Alexandria Virginia Post Office – Guest
Virginia Post Offices
Virginia Post Offices
Staunton Virginia Post Office – Guest
ADDRESS: 123 W. Frederick Street, Staunton, VA 24401
ARTIST: Florence Bessom
TITLE: The McCormick Reaper
MEDIUM: Terra-cotta (relief)
STATUS: The Staunton post office is still an active post office; relief hangs on wall in very small lobby. A plaque on the wall states that the relief was discovered in 2003 while the building was being renovated. It measures approximately 3’ x 7.5’. Commissioned by the Treasury Department Section of Paintings and Sculptures.
YEAR: 1935
Recently was in Staunton, Virginia and came across this great looking New Deal Post Office Building. Part of the building (center 1st Floor) still serves as a small, downtown Post Office; ( the Main “modern” Post Office is now on the outskirts of town); and there are two, private businesses on either side of the station.
Best Regards, Roger
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
Sources
- Personal visit by Roger
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
Orange Virginia Post Office – Guest
ADDRESS: 129 W Main St, Orange, VA 22960
ARTIST: Arnold Friedman
TITLE: Upland Pastures
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Orange post office is still an active, operating facility and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. The mural resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1937
From my “archive”…I stopped in Orange, VA for lunch on August 1, 2019 during a vacation in northern Virginia and nearby Shenandoah NP. Very lovely small town with a US Post Office built during the New Deal years. The nearby Orange County Visitors Center is housed in the restored train station. Even before the Civil War, Orange was a major railroad hub. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad went through Orange. The town was a strategic location during the Civil War; Gen. Lee maintained his headquarters in Orange from March 1862 to May 1864.
Roger
Sources
- Personal visit by Roger on 8/1/2019
- United States Postal Service