The United States Post Office at 103 W. Main Street is the main post office in Council Grove, Kansas. The post office was built in 1938-39 according to a Neoclassical design credited to Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. It includes a mural, "Autumn Colors", by artist Charles B. Rogers, which was painted in 1941 as part of the New Deal post office mural program. Rogers was a student at Bethany College who earned the commission for the Council Grove post office after entering a contest to paint a mural in the St. Louis, Missouri post office; he was a self-taught artist who had little exposure to art in his youth. The oil on canvas mural portrays a Flint Hills farm scene in autumn and is typical of the illustrative realism style commonly seen in the post office murals.[2]
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| Location | 103 W. Main St., Council Grove, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 38°39′39″N 96°29′16″W / 38.66083°N 96.48778°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1938-39 |
| Architect | Louis A. Simon |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Kansas Post Offices with Artwork, 1936--1942 MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001636[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 1989 |
The post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 17, 1989.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Hagedorn-Krass, Martha (December 20, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Council Grove United States Post Office" (PDF). National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved March 1, 2023.