List of United States post office murals in Virginia
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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Virginia between 1934 and 1943.[1][2][3]
| Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHPlisted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altavista | The Growing Community | _SAAM-1974.28.31_1.jpg) |
Herman Maril | 1940 | oil on canvas | |
| Appalachia | Appalachia | Lucile Blanch | 1940 | oil on canvas[4] | ||
| Arlington | An Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great Falls | Auriel Bessemer | 1940 | yes | ||
| Apple Harvest | ||||||
| Arlington Polo Players at Fort Meyer | ||||||
| Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomek Indians | ||||||
| Robert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in Virginia | ||||||
| Tobacco Picking in the Late Colonial Era | ||||||
| Bassett | Manufacture of Furniture | Walter Carnelli | 1939 | fresco | ||
| Berryville | Clark County Products, 1939 | Edwin S. Lewis | 1940 | |||
| Bluefield | Coal Mining | Richard Hay Kenah | 1942 | tempera | ||
| Chatham | Harvest Season in Southern Virginia | Carson Davenport | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
| Christiansburg | Great Road | Paul DeTroot | 1939 | oil on canvas | yes | |
| Emporia | Country Saw Mill | Andree Ruellan | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Harrisonburg | County Fair, Trading, Courthouse Square | William Calfee | 1943 | four panels | ||
| Hopewell | Capt. Francis Eppes Making Friends with the Appomattox Indians |  |
Edmund Archer | 1939 | oil on canvas | |
| Luray | Luray-1840 | Sheffield Kagy | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
| Orange | Upland Pastures | Arnold Friedman | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Petersburg | Agricultural Scenes in Virginia | William Calfee | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
| Riding to Hounds | Edwin S. Lewis | |||||
| Phoebus | Chesapeake Fisherman | William Calfee | 1941 | fresco; winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
| Radford | The return of Mary Draper Ingles | Alexander B. Clayton | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Richmond | Pocahontas rescuing Captain John Smith |  |
Paul Cadmus | 1939 | Removed from the Courthouse Annex in 1972, relocated to the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse[5] | |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | ||||||
| William Byrd | ||||||
| Stuart's Raiders at the Swollen Ford |  |
Jared French | 1939 | Relocated to the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse | ||
| Jeb Stuart | ||||||
| John Pelham | ||||||
| Rocky Mount | Life in Rockymount | Roy Hilton | 1938 | three panels | ||
| Smithfield | Captain John Smith Trading with the Indians | William Abbott Cheever | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
| Strasburg | Apple Orchard | Sarah Jane Blakeslee | 1938 | |||
| Stuart | Receiving the Mail on the Farm | John E. Costigan | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
| Tazewell | Sheep-Mother and Child and Mining | William H. Calfee | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
| Virginia Beach | Old Dominion Conversation Piece | John H. R. Pickett | 1939 | oil on canvas |