United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)

Title: United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative: United States Post Office, Downtown Station (Eugene, Oregon) U. S. Post Office (Eugene, Oregon) Eugene Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)
Creator: Underwood, Gilbert Stanley Morris, Carl A.
Photographer: Teague, Edward, 1952-
Creator Display: Gilbert Stanley Underwood (architect, 1890-1960) Carl Albert Morris (artist, 1911-1993)
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1985)
View: interior: mural entitled Agriculture by Carl Morris
Provenance: University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1930-1939
Style Period: Art Deco
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) interior views public buildings post offices foyers (public) paintings (visual works) mural paintings (visual works)
Latitude: 44.054034
Longitude: -123.092844
Location: Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: 520 Willamette Street
Date: 1938/1939
View Date: 2010-01
Identifier: pna_20003
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Source: Gift of Edward H. Teague
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Material: Concrete, Terra Cotta, Brick
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: The murals by Carl Morris were completed in 1942 and installed by Morris and friends in 1943. The mural project, funded by the Works Projects Administration Federal Arts Project, is an example of the Social Realist style. The paintings, 6 ft. x 15 ft. each, represent Agriculture and Lumbering. This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.