- City:
- Orange, VA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1935
- Designers:
- Louis A Simon - Supervising Architect, Neal Melick - Supervising Engineer
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The post office in Orange, Virginia was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. It is also the site of Arnold Friedman’s 1937 mural, “Upland Pastures,” painted for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Louis A. Simon was the Supervising Architect and Neal A. Melick was the Supervising Engineer.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/At this Location:
Site Details
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