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Post Office – Okemah OK

Okemah OK Post Office

Okemah OK Post Office

Photo: Charles Swaney Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2011

Okemah OK Post Office

Okemah OK Post Office

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
Completed:
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Description

The post office in Okemah was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Walter Richard “Dick” West’s 1941 mural, “Grand Council of 1842,” completed with funds provided by the federal government and viewable in the lobby.

 

Source notes

Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, 1984.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/4198274509/in/photostream/

https://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867


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Project originally submitted by Charles Swaney on February 13, 2013.

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Location Info

418 West Broadway
Okemah, OK 74859

Coordinates: 35.431553, -96.305054

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