United States Post Office–Lindsborg Explained

U.S. Post Office-Lindsborg
Location:Lindsborg, Kansas
Coordinates:38.5742°N -97.6639°W
Built:1938
Architect:Louis Simon
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:October 17, 1989
Mpsub:Kansas Post Offices with Artwork, 1936--1942 MPS
Refnum:89001646

The U.S. Post Office-Lindsborg is a Classical Revival building at 125 East Lincoln Street in Lindsborg, Kansas. The post office building was constructed in 1938 and added to the National Historic Register in 1989. It is NaNfeet in plan.

A depression-era WPA mural titled Smoky River by Swedish-born painter Birger Sandzen is in the lobby. The artist was paid $390 for the mural.[1] Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=89001646}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lindsborg United States Post Office ]. National Park Service. Martha Haeedorn-Krass . February 27, 1989 . December 9, 2017. With .
  2. Book: Arnesen, Eric . 2007 . Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History . 1 . New York . Routledge . 1540 . 9780415968263.