United States Post Office-Valentine Explained

U.S. Post Office-Valentine
Location:348 N. Main St., Valentine, Nebraska
Coordinates:42.8758°N -100.5497°W
Built:1939
Architect:Simon, Louis
Architecture:Moderne
Added:December 13, 1991
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:91001750

The U.S. Post Office-Valentine, at 348 N. Main St. in Valentine, Nebraska, was built in 1939. It has also been known as Cherry County Sawer Memorial Library Educational Service Unit 17, Media Center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991; the listing included one contributing building and two contributing objects. It includes invited artwork by University of Nebraska art professor Kady Faulkner.[1]

It is one of 12 Nebraska post offices featuring a Section of Fine Arts mural.[2] The $700 mural in the post office was both praised and panned when it was originally produced.[3] Now the Valentine Media Center, operated by Educational Service Unit #17.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=91001750}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Valentine United States Post Office / Cherry County Sawer Memorial Library Educational Service Unit 17, Media Center / CE14-090 ]. Carol Ahlgren . August 1991 . National Park Service. and
  2. Ahlgren . Carol . National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Nebraska Post Offices Which Contain Section Artwork (1938-1942) . https://web.archive.org/web/20130513010420/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/MPD/PostOfficesSectionArt.pdf . usurped . May 13, 2013 . August 1991 . 2013-01-28.
  3. News: The post-Depression post office murals of Nebraska . David Hendee . . November 15, 2012 . April 29, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130630024029/http://www.omaha.com/article/20121115/LIVING/711159981 . June 30, 2013 . dead . mdy-all . (see Valentine mural visible in 4th clickable photo)
  4. http://www.esu17.k12.ne.us/ "Welcome to Educational Service Unit #17".