- City:
- Columbia, MO
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Education and Health, Federal Facilities, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Columbia College’s Federal Hall was originally constructed as a New Deal post office building.
When the post office moved to Walnut St, the building was converted into the Federal Building, then became the Youzeum, and now is the office for the nursing program at Columbia College. There were 2 murals for the post office that were moved from the post office to other locations over the time that the building was renovated to be the Federal Building. “Pony Express” was eventually moved to the City Council chambers. “Indians Watching Stagecoach in the Distance” was initially retrieved by the demolition team and stored in a barn. It was subsequently placed at the entrance to the Federal Building. Now, both murals are in the National Archives at Kansas City, dedicated May 2010.
Source notes
Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, 1984.
National Archives press release, 5/19/2010.
Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on January 16, 2013.
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