- City:
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Site Type:
- Murals, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Arts Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artists:
- Don Glasell, Everett Jeffrey, Francis Robert White, Harry Jones
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Once a U.S. Federal Courthouse & Post Office, the building at 101 S 1st St. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa now serves as the city hall. The courtroom is now the chambers for the city council, and is the location for four murals generated under the Treasury Relief Art Project between 1936-1937.
Source notes
Art in Federal Buildings, Volume I.
https://www.cedar-rapids.org/local_government/city_boards_and_commissions/history_restored_the_city_hall_murals.php
Site originally submitted by Wayne Yanda on May 31, 2022.
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