• Post Office - Blackfoot ID
    The historic post office in Blackfoot, Idaho was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1935.  The post office building is exceptionally grand, two or three stories high, in a "Classical Moderne" architectural style.  The facade features eight bas-relief columns with decorative elements at the top and a beautiful bas-relief eagle over the front entrance.  The Blackfoot post officre is still in use and houses an a long New Deal mural all around the interior of the lobby, which is largely unchanged.
  • Post Office Murals - Blackfoot ID
    The historic post office in Blackfoot, Idaho houses a magnificent example of New Deal artwork. The murals were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and installed in 1939. The tempera mural cycles are by Andrew Standing Soldier, a Native American artist.  Entitled "The Arrival Celebration" and "The Round-Up,"  they depict everyday life of the Blackfoot people on their nearby reservation. The first covers two walls of the entrance lobby; the second is on the upper portion of the walls in another lobby room.