- City:
- Blackfoot, ID
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1935
- Designer:
- Louis A Simon - Supervising Architect
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The historic post office in Blackfoot, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935.
The post office building is exceptionally grand, two or three stories high, in a “Classical Moderne” architectural style. The facade features eight bas-relief columns with decorative elements at the top and a beautiful bas-relief eagle over the front entrance.
The Blackfoot post officre is still in use and houses an a long New Deal mural all around the interior of the lobby, which is largely unchanged.
Source notes
Site originally submitted by Barbara Bernstein on March 17, 2012.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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