United States Post Office (Rifle, Colorado) Explained

US Post Office-Rifle Main
Coordinates:39.5325°N -107.7839°W
Built:1940
Builder:Joseph Sebacher Construction Co.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:January 24, 1986
Area:0.4acres
Mpsub:US Post Offices in Colorado, 1900--1941, TR
Refnum:86000186

The Rifle Main Post Office, at Railroad Avenue and Fourth Street in Rifle, Colorado, United States, was built in 1940. It includes a New Deal mural. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Description

The building's design, generally Classical Revival and with Colonial Revival details, is credited to Louis A. Simon.

The mural mounted above the Postmaster's office door, titled "Colorado Landscape", was painted on canvas in 1942 by artist George Vander Sluis (1915-1984).[1]

An information sheet posted below the mural reports that Sluis based the painting on sketches near Rifle, but that it does not depict any specific scene.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=86000186}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rifle Post Office / Rifle Main Post Office ]. National Park Service. July 30, 2018. With
  2. "Information Concerning the Mural above the Postmaster's Door, U.S. Post Office, Rifle, Colorado", accessed July 30, 2018