List of United States post office murals in Georgia

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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Georgia between 1934 and 1943.[1][2]

Location Mural title Image Artist Date Notes NRHP

listed[3]

Adel Plantation Scene Alice Flint 1941 oil on canvas[4]; relocated from the original post office to the current building[5] 2009
Augusta The British Come to See Augusta William Dean Fausett 1939 tempera on gesso; in storage at Augusta Museum of Art[6]
Plantation, Transportation, Education Abraham Harriton 1941 on display at the Augusta Convention and Visitor's Bureau
Blakely The Land is Bought from the Indians David Putnam Brinley 1938 oil on canvas[7]
Cairo Products of Grady County Paul L. Gill 1938 oil on canvas; on display at Grady County Museum. The U.S. Post Office is included in the NRHP-listed Cairo Commercial Historic District 1994
Camilla Theme of the South Laura G. Douglas 1942 oil on canvas[8]
College Park Arrival of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Jack McMillen 1938 oil on canvas

on display at College Park Post Office
Commerce Early Mail Service and Construction of the Railroads Philip Guston 1938 tempera
Conyers The Ploughman Elizabeth Terell 1940 Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition
Cornelia Northern Georgia Charles Trumbo Henry 1939 tempera on paperboard
Cuthbert Last Indian Troubles in Randolph County – 1836 Carlo Ciampaglia 1939
Decatur Dogwood and Azalea Paul Rohland 1938 Relocated to the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta[9]
Eastman Georgia Lumberman Receiving Mail by Star Route Wagon Arthur E. Schmalz 1938
Greensboro The Burning of Greensboro Carson Davenport 1939
Cotton Picking in Georgia
Hartwell A Letter Orlin E. Clayton 1939
Jackson Cotton – From Field to Mill Philip Evergood 1949
Jesup General Oglethorpe Concludes a Treaty of Amity

and Peace with the Creek Indians – May 18, 1733

 David Hutchison 1938 on display at the Wayne County Library
Lawrenceville Spring in Georgia Andree Ruellan 1942 on display at the Stephens Federal Building in Athens, Georgia
Louisville Plantation, Education, Transportation Abraham Harrison 1941 By 1993 the mural had been removed to storage.[10]
McDonough Cotton Gin Mill Louis Henry Jean Charlot 1941
Pelham Pelham Landscape Georgina Klitgaard 1941 oil on canvas[8]
Statesboro Spring Caroline Speare Rohland 1941 acrylic on canvas; on indefinite loan to Georgia Southern University Museum
Swainsboro Experimenting with the First Model of the Cotton Gin Edna Reindel 1939 on display at the Emmanuel County Courthouse
Sylvania Spring Caroline Speare Rohland 1941 Removed in the 1980s due to a complaint from the NAACP. In 1995, it was discovered in a closet, restored, and is now displayed by Georgia Southern University[11]
Sylvester Cantaloupe Industry Chester J. Tingler 1939
Vidalia The County Store and the Post Office Daniel Celentano 1938 The middle section of the mural was destroyed. It was restored as two separate murals. Now on display at the Vidalia City Hall

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