US Post Office - Tillamook, Oregon
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dkestrel
N 45° 27.397 W 123° 50.543
10T E 434137 N 5034021
This building is located in downtown Tillamook.
Waymark Code: WMQNBV
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2016
Views: 2
The old Post Office at 210 Laurel Avenue was constructed in 1940, it was originally used as the Central County Postal Distribution Center. In May of 1985, the building was placed on the U.S. Interior list of Depression-era style of architecture. Today it is Tillamook City Hall. The large mural inside depicting Native Americans present at Captain Robert Gray’s 1788 landing at Tillamook Bay was designed and painted in 1942 by Lucia Wiley, originally from Tillamook. While working in the arts in Minnesota, Lucia won a national art contest with the prize being to paint a post office mural. Tillamook requested she paint the mural in their post office. In her later year, she joined the Episcopal Order of Sisters and became known as Sister Lucia.
Architect, builder, or engineer: Wiley,Lucia, Simon,Louis A.
Architectural Style: Classical Revival
Area of Significance: Art, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Federal
Street address:
210 Laurel Ave
Tillamook, OR USA`
97141
County / Borough / Parish: Tillamook
Year listed: 1985
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Post Office/City Hall
Current function: Post Office/City Hall
Privately owned?: no
Hours of operation: From: 8:00 AM To: 4:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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