- City:
- Oak Park, IL
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Artist:
- J. Theodore Johnson
Description
“J. Theodore Johnson is best known for the four murals he created for the Oak Park post office in Chicago” (https://americanart.si.edu). The murals were funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1939. Each depicts a historically significant moment in the area’s history.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=2477At this Location:
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JLA
We visited this post office on August 15, 2022. This is a beautiful building, but the murals could be cleaned – they were pretty dirty. There is a new postmaster who is in the process of “cleaning up” this building.