The Prairie du Chien Post Office is a historic post office building at 120 S. Beaumont Road in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
Prairie du Chien Post Office | |
 Prairie du Chien Post Office | |
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| Location | 120 S. Beaumont Rd. Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°03′03″N 91°08′46″W / 43.05083°N 91.14611°W |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001263 |
| Added to NRHP | October 24, 2000[1] |
History
editThe post office was built as part of the Works Progress Administration of the New Deal. Like many government buildings of the New Deal era, it has a modernist design with minimal decoration. The interior features a relief sculpture by Jefferson Greer titled Discovery of the Northern Waters of the Mississippi. The work, which was commissioned by the Public Works Administration in 1938, depicts Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet discovering the confluence of the Mississippi River and Wisconsin River near modern-day Prairie du Chien. Greer was a Milwaukee-based sculpture who assisted in the design of Mount Rushmore; the Prairie du Chien relief is his only post office work.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "History". Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ Causier, Charles W.; Jurkiewicz, Joseph G. (December 29, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Prairie du Chien Post Office". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 29, 2023.