- City:
- Russell, KS
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1939, the Russell post office is also the site of Martyl Schweig’s 1940 mural, “Wheat Workers,” painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Source notes
Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, 1984. https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/2684027758/in/photostream/At this Location:
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