Post Office – Oak Park IL

The Oak Park post office was designed to accommodate the village’s growing population which rose from 39,858 in 1920 to 80,000 in 1930. Congress appropriated $600,000 prior to new deal legislation in 1931 with an additional $70,000 appropriated in 1935… read more

Post Office Murals – Oak Park IL

"LaSalle's Search for Tonti, 1680"

“J. Theodore Johnson is best known for the four murals he created for the Oak Park post office in Chicago” (https://americanart.si.edu). The murals were funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1939. Each depicts a historically significant moment… read more