Portales Main Post Office Explained

US Post Office--Portales Main
Coordinates:34.1864°N -103.3381°W
Built:1937
Architect:Louis A. Simon
Builder:Theodore Van Soelen
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:February 23, 1990
Mpsub:US Post Offices in New Mexico MPS
Refnum:90000140

The Portales Main Post Office, on W. 1st St. in Portales in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, was built in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as US Post Office-Portales Main.

It is a one-story red brick building.

It includes an oil-on-canvas mural by Santa Fe artist Theodore Van Soelen titled "Buffalo Range", executed in 1939 under a New Deal program, the Federal Works Agency's Section of Fine Arts program. The mural is about 5feetx12feetft (xft).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=90000140}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Portales Main Post Office]. National Park Service. H.J. "Jim" Kolva and Steve Franks . September 1988 . June 4, 2017. With .