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Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: March 8, 2015
This Section of Fine Arts tempera-on-canvas mural “Saturday in Enterprise” was painted by Virginia-born artist Paul Arlt for the Enterprise post office in 1941. Arlt received the commission on the basis of an entry in the 48 States Competition, depicting… read more
Date added: October 6, 2012; Modified: February 18, 2015
Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Early Industry of Dale County” painted in 1938 by Kelly J. Fitzpatrick. Still hangs in the old post office building, now used as the County Board of Education. “The Ozark panel was the first… read more
Date added: October 5, 2012; Modified: February 17, 2015
Three terra cotta reliefs funded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts. “Cotton,” “Tobacco,” and “Wheat” were created by Franc Epping in 1941 and installed in what was then the Alexander City post office at 82 Court Sq. That… read more
Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: February 9, 2015
The Section of Fine Arts oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Harvesting” depicts a farmer using a three-mule team to pull a threshing machine across a wheat field. Painted for the Monroeville post office by Arthur Leroy Bairnsfather in 1939, it was restored… read more
Date added: October 6, 2012; Modified: February 9, 2015
Section of Fine Arts three section plaster relief entitled “Alabama Agriculture” installed in 1940 by Constance Ortmayer in the Scottsboro post office. “Ortmayer was teaching at Rollins College in Florida when she received the invitation to do a panel in… read more
Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: February 9, 2015
This Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “The Letter Box” was painted in 1938 by Anne Goldthwaite. Goldthwaite, a Montgomery artist, used the suggested Section theme of postal history for both of her Alabama murals, this one and her panel… read more
Date added: February 9, 2015
The historic post office in Russellville, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service today.
Date added: October 6, 2012; Modified: February 9, 2015
A Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Early Settlers Weighing Cotton” was painted in 1938 by William S. McCall. The work is installed in the historic post office in Montevallo, Alabama. “McCall, at the time from Jacksonville, Florida, received the… read more
Date added: December 29, 2014; Modified: February 9, 2015
The oil-on-canvas mural “Indians Receiving Gifts from the Spanish” was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The New Deal work was painted by Charles Russell Hardman and installed in the lobby of the historic Guntersville post office. As… read more
Date added: July 27, 2013; Modified: February 9, 2015
The historic post office in Eutaw, Alabama houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural “The Countryside” by Robert Gwathmey. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and completed in 1941.
Date added: January 13, 2015; Modified: January 18, 2015
The egg tempera-on-gesso mural “Reforestation” was commissioned by the Section of Fine Arts under the Treasury Department and installed in what was then the post office for Haleyville, Alabama in 1940. “When the post office moved in 1970, the city… read more
Date added: October 5, 2012; Modified: December 24, 2014
Frank Anderson painted this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Spirit of Steel,” in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Fairfield post office lobby.
Date added: October 5, 2012; Modified: November 17, 2014
Medium: oil on canvas Section of Fine Art “mural entitled “Removal of the County Seat from Daphne to Bay Minette” by Hilton Leech in 1939. It was restored and moved to the current post office building in 1987″
Date added: December 15, 2013; Modified: May 12, 2014
“The Falkville water tower has been a landmark since it was built (1935-1936). As a part of a major waterworks project, it brought fresh drinking water to the citizens of Falkville. The project cost of $45,000 was made possible by… read more
Date added: December 15, 2013; Modified: May 11, 2014
“According to a bronze plaque located on the east side of the building, the original town hall was built from 1936-1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The two-story brick structure was one of the earliest projects in Morgan County…. read more