List of United States post office murals in Missouri
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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Missouri between 1934 and 1943.[1][2]
| Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | Time Out | Joseph Vorst | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Canton | Winter Landscape |  |
Jessie Hull Mayer | 1940 | ||
| Cassville | Flora and Fauna of the Region |  |
H. Edward Winter | 1941 | three porcelain enameled panels, each signed | |
| Charleston | Harvest | Joe Jones | 1939 | oil on canvas | 1989 | |
| Clinton | Coon Hunt | Richard Haines | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Columbia | Pony Express | Edward Buk Ulreich | 1937 | since 2004, mural has been on display at the National Archives Central Plains Region building in Kansas City, MO. | ||
| Indians Watching Stagecoach in the Distance | ||||||
| Dexter | Husking Corn | Joe Jones | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Eldon | Picnic, Lake of the Ozarks | Frederick Shane | 1941 | |||
| Fredericktown | The Lead Belt | James B. Turnbull | 1939 | oil on canvas | 2009 | |
| Higginsville | Industrial Activity in the City | Jac T. Bowen | 1942 | trempera | ||
| Jackson | Loading Cattle | .jpg) |
James B. Turnbull | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition; moved to newer building | |
| Lee's Summit | Pastoral | Ted Gilien | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
| Marceline | Contemporary Life in Missouri | Joseph Meert | 1938 | tempera | ||
| Monett | Products of Missouri |  |
James McCreery | 1939 | ||
| Mount Vernon | Spring Pastoral |  |
Joseph Meert | 1940 | oil on canvas | |
| Palmyra | Memories of Marion County |  |
James Penny (artist) | 1939 | oil on canvas; depicts Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Jim | |
| Paris | The Clemens Family Arrives in Monroe County | Fred G. Carpenter | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Back Home, April 1865 |  |
Thomas C. Lea III | 1939 | oil on canvas | |
| Ste. Genevieve | La Guignolee | Martyl Schweig | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| St. Joseph | History of the Region—Settlers Crossing the River | .jpg) |
Gustaf Dalstrom | 1941 | ||
| History of the Region—First Railway Post Office | ||||||
| History of the Region—Flooded River | ||||||
| History of the Region—Grain Farmers | ||||||
| History of the Region—Horseless Carriage | _SAAM-1974.28.93_1.jpg) | |||||
| History of the Region—Indian Boat Race | ||||||
| History of the Region—Leading Packet Boat | ||||||
| History of the Region—Lewis & Clark Expedition | ||||||
| History of the Region—Negro River Music | ||||||
| History of the Region—Pony Express | _SAAM-1974.28.92_1.jpg) | |||||
| History of the Region—Railway Station of 1880 | _SAAM-1974.28.90_1.jpg) | |||||
| History of the Region—Robidaux House | ||||||
| St. Louis
Gwen B. Stiles Station |
Old Levee and Market at St Louis | Lumen Martin Winter | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
| St. Louis
Main Post Office |
The Postwar Period | Mitchell Siporin | 1942 | Largest single project awarded for a post office by the Section[4][5] | ||
| The Territory of Missouri | [6] | |||||
| George Rogers Clark and Daniel Boone | [7] | |||||
| The Civil War | [8] | |||||
| Discovery and Colonization | [9] | |||||
| Commerce and Trade | Edward Millman | 1942 | [10] | |||
| Pre-Civil War Missouri | [11] | |||||
| The Struggle for Statehood | [12] | |||||
| The River | [13] | |||||
| Sullivan | Saturday Afternoon on Main Street | _SAAM-1974.28.373_1.jpg) |
Lawrence Adams | 1942 | oil on canvas | |
| Union | Aspects of Rural Missouri | James Penny (artist) | 1941 | fresco was restored and moved to a new post office building | ||
| University City | The Louisiana Purchase Exposition | Trew Hocker | 1940 | |||
| Windsor | Agriculture and Varied Institutes | _(3_panels)_SAAM-1974.28.15_1.jpg) |
H. Louis Freund | 1938 | oil on canvas |