Post Office Mural – Dillon MT

City:
Dillon, MT

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

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

Artist:
Elizabeth Lochrie

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Elizabeth Lochrie painted an oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “News from the States,” which was installed in the Dillon, Montana post office in 1938. The mural was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Lochrie also painted murals for the post offices in St Anthony and Burley, Idaho 

Source notes

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

 

Site originally submitted by Barbara Bernstein, New Deal Art Registry on March 20, 2012.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.

Location Info


117 South Idaho St.
Dillon, MT 59725
Beaverhead County

Coordinates: 45.216006, -112.63824

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