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Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
Smithfield’s historic post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1941. The building, which is still in service, also houses a New Deal mural by William Abbot Cheever entitled “Captain John Smith Trading with the Indians.”
Date added: September 10, 2014; Modified: February 13, 2015
The oil-on-canvas mural “Captain John Smith Trading With the Indians” was painted by William Abbot Cheever in 1941. The mural, which hangs in the lobby of the Smithfield, Virginia post office, was restored in 2009.