• Post Office - Van Buren AR
    The historic Downtown Station post office in Van Buren, Arkansas, was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds during the late 1930s. The building, which contains a New Deal mural inside, is still in use today. The building became listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
  • Post Office Mural - Van Buren AR
    The lobby of the historic post office building in Van Buren, Arkansas, possesses a 12' x 5' section oil-on-canvas mural entitled “The Chosen Site.” This mural was painted by E. Martin Hennings in 1940. From the University of Central Arkansas: “E. Martin Hennings was commissioned for $590 to create a mural for Van Buren, Arkansas as a result of an Honorable Mention in a Section of Fine Arts competition. Hennings used his wife and daughter as models for the women in the mural. He later reported that he had used a Mexican as a model for the father and had Americanized...