Post Office Mural – Sylvester GA

City:
Sylvester, GA

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

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

Completed:
1939

Artist:
Chester J. Tingler

Description

Chester Tingler painted this oil-on-canvas work, entitled “Cantaloupe Industry,” with Section funding, for the then-new Sylvester post office in 1939. The work has since been relocated; it now resides in the lobby of the new post office east of downtown.

Source notes

https://www.wpamurals.org/georgia.htm https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 15, 2017.

Location Info


404 Hardy St.
Sylvester, GA 31791

Location notes: Lobby of "new" post office

Coordinates: 31.528353, -83.822572

Site Details

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