The Preston Main Post Office, located at 55 E. Oneida St. in Preston, Idaho, was built in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as US Post Office-Preston Main.[1]
US Post Office--Preston Main | |
 | |
   | |
| Location | 55 E. Oneida St., Preston, Idaho |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°5′47″N 111°52′28″W / 42.09639°N 111.87444°W |
| Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
| Built | 1940 |
| Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | US Post Offices in Idaho 1900--1941 MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000135[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1989 |
Its Classical Revival design is credited to Louis A. Simon.
The interior includes a New Deal mural depicting U.S. cavalry attacking and burning a Native American village, titled "The Battle of Bear River". The approximately 5 by 12 feet (1.5 m × 3.7 m) mural was painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald in 1941.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ H.J. "Jim" Kolva; Steve Franks (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: US Post Office-Preston Main / Preston Main Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved October 23, 2017. With four photos.
 | This article about a property in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |