Broad Ripple Station Post Office Mural - Indianapolis IN

City:: Indianapolis, IN
Site Type:: Art Works, Murals
New Deal Agencies:: Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
Completed:: 1942
Artist:: Alan Tompkins

Description

“Suburban Street” is a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Suburban Street” by Alan Tompkins. The size of the mural is 11’9″ x 5’2″ and the medium is oil on canvas. The work is installed in Indianapolis’s historic Broad Ripple Station post office.

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals by John C. Carlisle
Information contributed by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation/Nicole Cory