- City:
- Portland, OR
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Artists:
- Eric Lamade, John Ballator, Louis DeMott Bunce
Description
The two panels of the New Deal mural “Development of St. Johns” were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the St. John’s Station post office. The building served as the St. John’s Station Post Office and is currently the Portland Baha’i Center. These wall murals, located in the entryway, “depict the history and industrial development of the St. Johns area.” (portlandbahai.org)
Source notes
https://portlandbahai.org/2010/11/portland-north-neighborhood/, accessed November 9, 2014.
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
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John Lehman
Jill Ryan
Mike Garland
The Baha’i Center itself was a WPA built post office.
The art is now covered with fabric and not viewable. I was told the owners are asking the government if they want to remove them for display someplace else.
It is unfortunate that they are now covered up. We went and saw them in November, 2019, and they are absolutely fabulous.