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Date added: July 28, 2008; Modified: March 19, 2023
The Public Works Administration (PWA) helped fund construction of the magnificent Monterey County courthouse in downtown Salinas, California, which opened in 1937. New Deal funds supplemented a local bond issue to cover the cost of this large building, which covers a… read more
Date added: March 18, 2023
California artist Jo Mora created a sculpted pillar with several brass bas-reliefs of historic scenes for the decorative fountain in the courtyard of the Monterey County Courthouse. This and the other Jo Mora artworks on the exterior of the courthouse… read more
Date added: February 15, 2014; Modified: March 18, 2023
Prominent California artist Jo Mora produced twenty-three cast-concrete, bas-relief busts (approximately 12″ x 18″ in size) for the exterior of the Monterey County Courthouse. The reliefs appear in the spandrels between first and second story windows all around the building and… read more
Date added: February 15, 2014; Modified: March 18, 2023
California artist Jo Mora created five concrete bas-reliefs of historic scenes for the Monterey County Courthouse, as well as of a large female figure with a sword. The five historic scenes are mounted over the main entrance doors to the… read more
Date added: February 15, 2014; Modified: March 18, 2023
Prominent California artist Jo Mora crafted six bas-relief capitals for the tall pillars the main interior courtyard entrance to the Monterey County Courthouse in Salinas, California. The sculpture depict scenes from early California history, featuring indigenous people, Mexican Californios, mission neophytes… read more
Date added: May 27, 2011; Modified: March 14, 2023
The downtown post office and federal building in Salinas, California, was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1936. It is now known as the Steinbeck Station Post Office. The lobby appears to be unchanged from the 1930s. It contains two wooden… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: March 14, 2023
Sculptor Richard “Dick” O’Hanlon created two wooden bas-relief panels for the Salinas, California post office and federal building — now called the Steinbeck Station Post Office. The works were funded by the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) and installed in… read more
Date added: March 14, 2010; Modified: March 13, 2015
A ten foot long, 16 ton, polished black Diorite panther sculpture, nicknamed “Oscar.” It was created by Raymond Puccinelli with support from the WPA Federal Art Project.