- City:
- Cresco, IA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The post office in Cresco was completed in 1935 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Richard Haines’s 1937 mural, “Iowa Farming,” completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the post office lobby.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ https://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867At this Location:
Site Details
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