Post Office Mural – Onawa IA

"Soil Erosion and Control"

The Section of Fine Arts sponsored a mural to be painted for the new Onawa, Iowa post office.  The work, entitled “Soil Erosion and Control,” was painted by Lee Allen and installed in the post office in 1938.

Post Office – Onawa IA

The Onawa, Iowa post office was constructed with Treasury Department funds. “The first post office in the Monona County seat of Onawa was established in 1855 and consisted of a few boxes in the corner of the Fairchild General Store…. read more