Mission Historical Museum – Mission TX

City:
Mission, TX

Site Type:
Post Offices, Education and Health, Federal Facilities, Museums

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Started:
1940

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Mission Historical Museum was constructed as the city’s post office in 1940. The building houses an example of New Deal artwork.

Source notes

Cornerstone

https://www.texasescapes.com/TexasArt/Mission-Texas-Post-Office-Mural-West-Texas-Landscape.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 5, 2015.

Location Info

900 Doherty Ave.
Mission, TX 78572

Coordinates: 26.214830, -98.324439

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