List of United States post office murals in Ohio
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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Ohio between 1934 and 1943.[1][2][3]
| Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHPlisted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada | Country Dance | Albert Kotin | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
| Amherst | Pioneers Crossing the Ohio River | Michael Loew | 1941 | oil on canvas; building is now the city's headquarters for a Main Street revitalization project. | ||
| Barnesville | The Drift Towards Industrialism[4] |  |
Michael Sarisky | 1937 | oil on canvas; lost but replacement commissioned by the Belmont County Historical Society[5] | |
| Bedford | The Flight to Industry[6] | Karl Anderson | 1937 | oil on canvas
Building now used by as offices for an architectural firm. |
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| Bellevue | Ohio |  |
Paul Meltsner | 1937 | ||
| Bluffton | Joseph Deford and His Friends Build the First Cabin in Bluffton | Sante Graziani | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Bridgeport | Ohio Harvest | Richard Hay Kenah | 1940 | oil on canvasl winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
| Caldwell | Noble County-Ohio | Robert Lepper | 1938 | tempera | ||
| Canton | Steel Industry |  |
Glenn M. Shaw | 1937 | Treasury Relief Art Project; thirteen panels | |
| Chardon | Maple Sugar Camp | George Picken | 1942 | oil on canvas; mural has been moved to an office nearby | ||
| Cincinnati | Landmarks of Cincinnati | John Holmes | 1934 | Public Works of Art Project[7] | ||
| Paul Chidlaw | ||||||
| Frederick Springer | ||||||
| Richard Zoellner | ||||||
| Main Post Office, Cleveland | Post Office Interiors | Jack Greitzer | 1936 | oil on canvas
Two panels |
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| Pearlbrook Branch, | Ore Docks and Steel Mills | Richard Zoellner | 1938 | |||
| University Center Branch, | Historical and Modern Scenes of Cleveland[1] | Clarence Zyuld | 1937 | |||
| John Czosz | ||||||
| Coldwater | Coldwater Activities | Joep Nicolas | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Crestline | The Crossroads-Crestline, Ohio | Gifford Beal | 1943 | oil on canvas | ||
| Dennison | Passenger Pigeon | Edmund Sawyer | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
| East Liverpool | Old Bennett Pottery Plant | Roland Schweinsburg | 1936 | 15-foot lunette commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project[8]
The building is now the Museum of Ceramics[9] |
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| East Palestine | Early East Palestine and Dr. Rhett Chamberlain's Post Office and Warehouse | Rolf Stoll | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Eaton | Van Ausdel's Trading Post | _SAAM-1962.8.57_1.jpg) |
Roland Schweinsburg | 1939 | oil on canvas | |
| Fairborn
(formerly Osborn)[1] |
Wright Brothers in Ohio | Henry Simon | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Gambier | Bishop C. Chase Selects Site of Kenyon College | Norris Rahming | 1943 | oil on canvas | ||
| Geneva | Rural Homestead | William Sommer | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
| Georgetown | Tobacco Harvest | Richard Zoellner | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Girard | Workers of the Soil | John Edward Costigan | 1938 | Mural destroyed[1] | ||
| Granville | First Pulpit in Granville |  |
Wendell Jones | 1938 | oil on canvas | |
| Hamilton | Fort Hamilton
Agriculture Industries of Hamilton |
Richard Zoellner | 1934 | Six panels | ||
| Hubbard | Steel Industry |  |
Hugh Mesibov | 1934 | oil on canvas | |
| Louisville | Farn and Mill | Herschel Levit | 1941 | tempera | ||
| McConnelsville | Mail-the Connecting Link | Sally Haley | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Marysville | The Farmer | James Egleson | 1940 | fresco | ||
| Maumee | Communication | Rudolph Scheffler | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Medina | Gathering the Apple Crop | Richard Zoellner | 1938 | oil on canvas; mural was destroyed[1] | ||
| Montpelier | Harvest, the Annals of America | Leonard Ahneman | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Mount Gilead | Pioneering to Progress | Julius Wyhof | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| New Concord | Skaters | Clyde Singer | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| New Lexington | Great Men Came from the Hills | Isabel Bishop | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| New London | New London Facets | Lloyd R. Ney | 1940 | oil on canvas
The only officially Section mural to be labeled "abstract"[10] |
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| Oak Harbor | Early Oak Harbor | Clarence Zuelch | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
| Orrville | Judge Smith Orr and Robert Taggard Planning the New Settlement at Orville-1852 | Aldo Lazzarini | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Perrysburg | Building of Fort Meigs, 1813 | _.jpg) |
Glenn M. Shaw | 1937 | oil on canvas | |
| Portsmouth | Characteristic Local Scenes in Portsmouth | Clarence Carter | 1938 | oil on canvas, four panels | ||
| Waterfront | Richard Zoellner | 1937 | oil on canvas | |||
| Coal Barges | ||||||
| Ravenna | Early Ravenna | Clarence Carter | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
| Springfield | Printing in Springfield | .jpg) |
Herman H. Wessel | 1937 | ||
| Manufacture of Farm Implements | _SAAM-1974.28.104_1.jpg) |
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| Tipp City | Construction of Miami-Erie Canal in Miami City | Herman Zimmerman | 1940 | tempera | ||
| Upper Sandusky | The Mail | Alois Fabry | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Wadsworth | They came as Wadsworth's First Settler after the War of 1812 | F. Thornton Martin | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Wapaknneta | Wapakonata and American History | Joseph Limarzi | 1937 | |||
| Warren | Romance of Steel, Old and
Romance of Steel, Modern |
Glenn Shaw | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Wauseon | Cooperative Planning and Development in Wauseon | _SAAM-1974.28.95_1.jpg) |
Jack Greitzer | 1938 | oil on canvas | |
| Waverly | Arrival of Packet | Roy Best | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Westerville | The Daily Mail | Olive Nuhfer | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Willard | The Roundhouse | Mitchell Jamieson | 1941 | oil on canvas[11] | ||
| Willoughby | White Man's First Sight of Lake Erie | Sterling Smeltzer | 1938 | oil on canvas; mural is missing[1] | ||
| Yellow Springs | Yellow Springs-Preparation for Lifework | Axel Horn | 1941 | oil on canvas |