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Located at Post Office - Fayetteville WV (2 Projects)

Post Office Mural – Fayetteville WV

"The Miners"

"The Miners"

"The Miners"

Photo: Jimmy Emerson Source Creative Commons 2007

"The Miners"

"The Miners"

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
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Description

The historic Fayetteville post offices houses an example of New Deal artwork: the oil-on-canvas mural “The Miners,” painted by Nixford Baldwin in 1939. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Source notes

http://www.wpamurals.com/wvirgini.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/1055274221/in/photostream/

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Location Info

120 W Maple Ave.
Fayetteville, WV 25862

Coordinates: 38.051462, -81.105468

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