Location: Old Post Office - Roxboro NC

Post Office (former) Mural – Roxboro NC

New York artist Allan Gould completed this oil on canvas mural, “Gathering Tobacco,” measuring 5’8″ by 13’7″, in 1938, on a $650 contract from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. From historian Anita Price Davis’ 2008 book New Deal Art… read more

Post Office (former) – Roxboro NC

The historic post office building in Roxboro, North Carolina was constructed during the Great Depression with Treasury Department funds. The building, which opened in 1937, has since been re-purposed. A New Deal mural still hangs in the lobby of the… read more