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United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Eugene Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)
  • U. S. Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)
  • United States Post Office, Downtown Station (Eugene, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Gilbert Stanley Underwood (architect, 1890-1960)
  • Carl Albert Morris (artist, 1911-1993)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1938/1939
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1985)
View
  • interior: view of lobby with mural entitled Lumbering by Carl Morris
View Date
  • 2010-01
Temporal
  • 1930-1939
MODS Note
  • The murals by Carl Morris were completed in 1942 and installed by Morris and friends in 1943. The mural project, funded by the Works Projects Administration Federal Arts Project, is an example of the Social Realist style. The paintings, 6 ft. x 15 ft. each, represent Agriculture and Lumbering.
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 520 Willamette Street
GPS Latitude
  • 44.054034
GPS Longitude
  • -123.092844
Material
  • Concrete, Terra Cotta, Brick
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_20003
Source
  • Gift of Edward H. Teague
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Submission Date
  • 04/29/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nc08n

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nc08n

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nc08n

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nc08n | title= United States Post Office (Eugene, Oregon) |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-18 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Morris, Carl A. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/MorrisCarlA
2 Underwood, Gilbert Stanley http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500033294
3 Teague, Edward H., 1952- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80157506
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
6 paintings (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033618
7 post offices http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300006036
8 interior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124520
9 public buildings (governmental buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008059
10 mural paintings (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033644
11 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
12 lobbies http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004264
13 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
14 No label found http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/workType/roomsandspaces
15 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
16 Art Deco http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021426
17 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
18 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
19 Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5735869/
20 Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5725846/
21 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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