New Deal/WPA Art in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
Most of the post office works of art were funded under the Treasury Department's Section commissions. Those works that were created using TRAP funds are so indicated. Although the WPA funded the construction of post office buildings, the artwork was not WPA but was usually produced under the Section or TRAP programs.
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The Mount Pleasant Post Office was built in 1940. Inside is a mural entitled "Early Settlers Entering Mount Pleasant." It is a tempera and oil painting done in 1942 by Eugene Higgins. The painting measures 12'6"x 5'3". Eugene Higgins was born in February 1874 in
Kansas City, MO; he died on February 18, 1958. He also did a mural for
the Beaver Falls, PA Post Office. |
If you want to see what a certain post office looks like, check out the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) Photo page at: http://www.postmarks.org/photos
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