The Lancaster Post Office is a historic post office at 236 W. Maple Street in Lancaster, Wisconsin.[2]

Lancaster Post Office
Lancaster Post Office
Lancaster Post Office is located in Wisconsin
Lancaster Post Office
Lancaster Post Office is located in the United States
Lancaster Post Office
Location236 W. Maple St., Lancaster, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°50′52″N 90°42′43″W / 42.84778°N 90.71194°W / 42.84778; -90.71194 (Lancaster Post Office)
Arealess than one acre
Built1938
ArchitectLouis A. Simon
Architectural styleStreamline Moderne
MPSUnited States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
NRHP reference No.00001245[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 2000

History

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The Lancaster Post Office opened in 1938, with George H. Cox serving as its first postmaster. It was one of several Wisconsin post offices built by the Public Works Administration in the 1930s; as the PWA commonly reused building designs, it was nearly identical to the Lake Geneva post office. In 1940, artist Tom Rost painted a mural on the interior as part of the Public Works of Art Project. Rost also painted murals in post offices in Elkhorn, Wisconsin and Paoli, Indiana, and he worked as an artist for the Milwaukee Journal in the 1930s. His mural in Lancaster, titled Farm Yard, depicts farmers working on a large hay wagon alongside chickens and pigs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "236 MAPLE ST". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  3. ^ Causier, Charles W.; Jurkiewicz, Joseph G. (December 29, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lancaster Post Office". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 21, 2023.