Post Office (former) – Windom MN

City:
Windom, MN

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Started:
1939

Description

This quintessentially New Deal brick post office was built by the Treasury in 1939. Today it houses an antique store. The mural by Charles W. Thwaites commissioned for this building now hangs in the local museum.

Source notes

Post office cornerstone. Image at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/6141520981/in/photostream/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 8, 2013.

Location Info

3rd Ave. and 11th St.
Windom, MN 56101
Cottonwood County

Coordinates: 43.867492, -95.11649

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