Location: Harney County Courthouse - Burns OR

Harney County Courthouse Mural – Burns OR

Jack Wilkinson Mural

Originally installed in the Burns post office, this mural was one of the Treasury Section’s 48-State Post Office Competition murals. “New Deal mural entitled “Cattle Round-Up” painted by Jack Wilkinson in 1941. When a new post office was built in… read more

Harney County Courthouse – Burns OR

Harney County Courthouse - Burns OR

This structure was constructed with WPA help, but did not receive sought-for PWA funding: “Forty years later, the November 4, 1938 Burns Times-Herald called the courthouse “antiquated [and] poorly arranged.” Voters were deciding whether the county should construct a new… read more