• Bleachers & Surrounding Wall - Fredericktown MO
    Tall rock wall with periodic columns for strength that is capped with concrete. It surrounds 3 sides of a large baseball field. One of the corners has a curved façade. The structure was completed with funds and labor provided by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
  • Post Office - Fredericktown MO
    The post office was onstructed by the Treasury Department in 1936.
  • Post Office Mural - Fredericktown MO
    The post office contains a 1939 Section of Fine Arts mural by James Turnbull entitled "The Lead Belt." Haunting work showing the juxtaposition of a farmer plowing his field in the wind in the lower right quarter, while the upper half is dominated by a large mine , processing plant and a growing tailings pile that are killing trees at its base and encroaching on the farmer’s field.  In the lower left quarter is the lane to the mead mine and severe erosion. James Turnbull was born in St. Louis in 1909, studied journalism at the Univ. of Missouri, then the School...
  • Stone Bleachers and Perimeter Wall - Fredericktown MO
    The CCC built bleachers and a surrounding rock wall for Fredericktown's high school baseball diamond. The project features a tall rock wall with periodic columns for strength that is capped with concrete. It surrounds 3 sides of a large baseball field. One of the corners has a curved façade.