- City:
- Okemah, OK
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1938
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
Post Office - Okemah,OK - WPA Projects on Waymarking.com
Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on February 13, 2013.
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