Post Office – Nowata

Current Usage:

Post office / Mural is still hung in the original building.

Description:

Historic Post office was constructed with Treasury Department funds and includes a New Deal Mural inside.

Mural entitled “Rainbow Trail“ was completed by Woodrow Crumbo and installed in the post office lobby in 1943.

Coordinates: 36.70063 -95.63927

Sources:

1. Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory
2. Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, 1984.
3. New Deal Art Registry
4. The Living New Deal (Mural)
5. The Living New Deal (Building)
6. National Register of Historic Places
7. National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service: Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and there under by city, t 1966: Box 72.
8. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/indiansatthepostoffice/mural39.html

Supported Documents:

1. National Register of Historic Places Nomination

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