Building Oregon

United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)

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: view of lobby and mailboxes and, overhead, 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.