US Post Office--Preston Main | |
Coordinates: | 42.0964°N -111.8744°W |
Added: | March 16, 1989 |
Area: | 0.7acres |
Mpsub: | US Post Offices in Idaho 1900--1941 MPS |
Refnum: | 89000135 |
The Preston Main Post Office, located at 55 E. Oneida St. in Preston, Idaho, was built in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as US Post Office-Preston Main.
Its Classical Revival design is credited to Louis A. Simon.
The interior includes a New Deal mural depicting U.S. cavalry attacking and burning a Native American village, titled "The Battle of Bear River". The approximately NaNfeet mural was painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald in 1941.[1]