Auburn, Nebraska 68305
Posted by: BruceS
N 40° 23.462 W 095° 50.372
15T E 258990 N 4475031
Post office in the town of Auburn in southeastern Nebraska.
Waymark Code: WM5AE2
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2008
Views: 7
Photo from Nebraska State Historical Society
"The Auburn United States Post Office is a one-story, red brick building
constructed in 1936-37 in the Georgian Revival-style. While the building retains
a high degree of integrity, its historical significance derives from the mural
painted on an interior wall.
Through New Deal Programs such as the Public Works of Art Project and the WPA
Federal Art Project, thousands of artists were employed. In 1934 the Section of
Painting and Sculpture (renamed the Section of Fine Arts in 1938) was organized
under the auspices of the Treasury Department to provide murals and sculpture
for the many federal buildings constructed during the New Deal era.
Between 1938 and 1942 the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts (generally
known as "the Section") commissioned twelve murals for twelve newly constructed
post offices in Nebraska. Auburn, along with the other eleven post office murals
in Nebraska represent the Section's goal of making art accessible to the general
population by reserving one percent of new building construction budgets for
art." - Nebraska State Historical Society website
Type of structure:: Stand alone
Current Status:: Still in Use
re-enter Zip Code here:: Not listed
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