Blissfield Sites

During the New Deal era, Blissfield was fortunate enough to have a new Post Office constructed. In 1938, funded by the Federal Emergency Construction Fund, construction was completed on the village’s new post office. That same year a mural by Jean Paul Slusser was commissioned by the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts.

In 1824, the village of Blissfield was established along the River Raisin in what is now the state of Michigan. At one time in history, this village was the largest shipping port for livestock on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. In 1837, the first railroad built west of the Allegheny Mountains was constructed through Blissfield and the surrounding area. This was the Erie and Kalamazoo railroad which was also the first to operate as an interstate railroad that would carry mail between states. Fast forward to the New Deal era, and Blissfield is fortunate enough to have a new...