- City:
- Blissfield, MI
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Jean Paul Slusser
Description
During the New Deal era, Blissfield was fortunate enough to have a new Post Office constructed. In 1938, funded by the Federal Emergency Construction Fund, construction was completed on the village’s new post office. That same year a mural by Jean Paul Slusser was commissioned by the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts.
Source notes
"Dedication of New Post Office Event for Collectors." Blissfield Advance 30 Dec. 1937. Print. "Mural Completed for Blissfield Post Office." Blissfield Advance 7 Sept. 1939. Print. "Mural Placed in Blissfield Post Office." Blissfield Advance 21 Sept. 1939. Print. "New Post Office to Hold "Open House" Saturday, Feb. 26." Blissfield Advance 22 Feb. 1938. Print. "Work Started on Clearing Property for New Post Office." Blissfield Advance 22 July 1937. Print. Village of Blissfield Michigan. Enertia Solutions, n.d. Google. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.Site originally submitted by Allison Keffer, Columbia College on May 20, 2014.
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