Post Office Mural – Burley ID

City:
Burley, ID

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

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

Completed:
1938

Artist:
Elizabeth Lochrie

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The historic Burley post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: an oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Pioneers on the Oregon Trail along the Snake River,” painted by Elizabeth Lochrie in 1938. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Source notes

https://www.wpamurals.org/idaho.htm

Site originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on March 17, 2012.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.

Location Info


1353 Overland Ave.
Burley, ID 83318
Cassia County

Coordinates: 42.53595, -113.7932

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