Post Office (former) Murals – Waterloo IA

City:
Waterloo, IA

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Completed:
1940

Artist:
Edgar Britton

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Two New Deal murals by Edgar Britton adorn the walls of the Waterloo Public Library (the former post office and federal building). The murals entitled “Exposition” (located on the wall over the Youth Office) and “Holiday” (located in the Fiction Department) were painted in 1940.

Source notes

Iowa Back Roads website WPA Murals, Iowa Originally posted at the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org

Location Info


415 Commercial St.
Waterloo, IA 50701
Black Hawk County

Coordinates: 42.496407, -92.34107

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