List of United States post office murals in Illinois

Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Illinois between 1934 and 1943.George H. Mavicliano and Richard A. Lawson, The Federal Art Project in Illinois: 1935–1943. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990. LocationMural titleImageArtistDateNotesNRHP listedBerwynThe PicnicRichard Haines1942oil on canvasBushnellPioneer Home in BushnellReva Jackman1938oil on canvasCairoSandbagging the BulkheadsWendell Jones1944Completed, but refused. Returned to government custody, but after being shown in an international mural exhibition at the end of World War IICarmiService to the FarmerDavenport Griffen1939oil on canvasCarthagePioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log CabinKarl Kelpe1939oil on canvas1989Chicago Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St.Advent of the Pioneers, 1851Frances Foy1938oil on canvas, was on display at Cardiss Collins Post Office; moved to Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St.The Great Indian Council – 1833Gustaf Dalstrom1934oil on canvas, installed at the Chestnut St. Station; moved to Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St.Chicago Lakeview StationChicago: Epoch of a Great CityHarry Sternberg1938oil on canvas; self-portrait of the artist as a scientist in the lower left cornerChicago Main Post OfficeMural MapsCharles Turzak1937oil on canvas, 27 panel; painted over but restored in 2000; in the many upper-floor offices of General McCoy, head of the Sixth Army Corpsl2001Chicago Morgan Park StationFather Jacques Marquette, 1674Theodore Johnson1937oil on canvasChillicotheRailroadingArthur Lidov1942tempera on boardClintonClinton in WinterAaron Bohrod1939oil on canvasDecaturThe Fusion of Agriculture and IndustryMitchell Siporin1938frescoEarly PioneersEdward Millman1938three murals and a frescoSocial ConsciousnessGrowth of DemocracyFrank Lloyd WrightEdgar Britton1938frescoCarl SandburgNatural Resources of IllinoisJohn DeereColonel Francis ParkerDevelopment of IllinoisDes PlainesFather MarquetteJames M. Newell1945two muralsDowners GroveChicago, Railroad Center of the WorldElizabeth Tracy1940oil on canvasDwightStage at DawnCarlos Lopez1937frescoEast AltonThe LetterFrances Foy1936oil on canvasEast MolineEarly Settlers of Moline Along the MississippiEdgar Britton1936oil on canvasEldoradoMining in IllinoisWilliam Schwartz1937oil on canvasElmhurstThere Was a VisionGeorge Melville Smith1938oil on canvasFairfieldOld SettlersWilliam Schwartz1936oil on canvasFloraGood News and Bad1937oil on canvasForest ParkThe White FawnMiriam McKinnie1940damaged during removal; in storage at Forest Park Public LibraryGalesburgBreaking the Prairie, Log City 1837Aaron Bohrod1938oil on canvasGenevaFish Fry in the ParkManuel Bromberg1941temperaGibson CityHiawatha Returning with MinnehahaFrances Foy1940oil on canvasGillespieIllinois FarmGustaf Dalstrom1935oil on canvasGlen EllynSettlersDaniel Rhodes1937oil on canvasHamiltonOn the RiverEdmund Lewandowski1942oil on canvasHerrinGeorge Rogers Clark Conferring with Indians near Herrin, IllinoisGustaf Dalstrom1940oil on canvas; destroyedLemontCanal BoatsCharles Turzak1938oil on canvasLewistownLewistown MilestonesIda Abelman1941temperaMadisonAssimilation and Immigration into Industrial Life of MadisonA. Raymond Katz1940oil and tempera on canvasMarseillesIndustrial MarseillesAvery F. Johnson1938oil on canvas, restored in 2005MarshallHarvestMiriam McKinnie1938oil on canvasMcLeansboroThe First Mail FlightDorothea Mierisch1941oil on canvasMelrose ParkAirmailEdwin Boyd Johnson1937frescoMolinePloughshare ManufacturingEdward Millman1937egg tempera on gessoMount CarrollRural Scene – Wakarusa ValleyIrene Bianucci1941oil on canvasMount MorrisThe Growth of Mount MorrisDale Nichols1939oil on canvasMount SterlingThe Covered BridgeHenry Bernstein1941temperaNapervilleGeorge Martin's Home Overlooking Old Naper HillRainey Bennett1941oil on canvasNashvilleBarnyardZoltan Seeshy1942tempera on wallboardNormalDevelopment of the State Normal SchoolAlbert Pels1938oil on canvasOak ParkThe Founding of Fort CrevecoeurJ. Theodore Johnson1939oil on canvasLa Salle's Search for Tonti, 1680The Pioneer of 1848The Osceola – The First Shipment of Wheat from Chicago, 1839O'FallonJohn Mason Peck, First Postmaster, Handing Out Mail, 1830Merlin F. Pollack1939oil on canvasOglesbyThe Illini and Potawatomies Struggle at Starved RockFay E. Davis1942oil on canvasOregonPioneer and DemocracyDavid Cheskin1940temperaPetersburgLincoln at New Salem, IllinoisJohn Winters1938oil on canvasPittsfieldRiverboat and BridgeWilliam Schwartz (artist)1938oil on canvasRushvilleHart Fellows – Builder of RushvilleRainey Bennett1940oil on canvasSalemLincoln as Postmaster in New SalemVladimir Rousseff1938oil on canvasShelbyvilleShelby County Fair-1900Lucia Wiley1941frescoStauntonGoing to WorkRalf Hendricksen1941oil on canvasTuscolaThe Old DaysEdwin Boyd Johnson1941oil on canvasVandaliaOld State Capitol BuildingAaron Bohrod1936oil on canvasVirdenIllinois PastoralJames Daugherty1939tempera and oilWilmetteIn the Soil is Our WealthRaymond Breinin1938oil on canvasWood RiverStagecoach and MailArchibald Motley, Jr.1937oil on canvas

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