- City:
- Rifle, CO
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1940
- Designers:
- Louis A Simon - Architect, Neal Melick - Supervising Engineer
Description
“Constructed in 1940, the building is the most detailed and complete of the five identified, small Colonial Revival influenced post offices in Colorado. George Vander Sluis painted the mural, entitled Colorado Landscape, in 1942 as a WPA project.” (www.historycolorado.org)
Source notes
www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/.../1622.pdf https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/6039735119/in/photostream/At this Location:
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