Lancaster Post Office

Historic post office building in Wisconsin, United States

United States historic place

Lancaster Post Office

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lancaster Post Office

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Location| 236 W. Maple St., Lancaster, Wisconsin
Coordinates| 42°50′52″N 90°42′43″W﻿ / ﻿42.84778°N 90.71194°W﻿ / 42.84778; -90.71194﻿ (Lancaster Post Office)
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1938
Architect| Louis A. Simon
Architectural style| Streamline Moderne
MPS| United States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
NRHP reference No.| 00001245[1]
Added to NRHP| October 24, 2000

The Lancaster Post Office is a historic post office at 236 W. Maple Street in Lancaster, Wisconsin.[2]

## History

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The Lancaster Post Office opened in 1938, with George H. Cox serving as its first postmaster. It was one of several Wisconsin post offices built by the Public Works Administration in the 1930s; as the PWA commonly reused building designs, it was nearly identical to the Lake Geneva post office. In 1940, artist Tom Rost painted a mural on the interior as part of the Public Works of Art Project. Rost also painted murals in post offices in Elkhorn, Wisconsin and Paoli, Indiana, and he worked as an artist for the Milwaukee Journal in the 1930s. His mural in Lancaster, titled Farm Yard, depicts farmers working on a large hay wagon alongside chickens and pigs.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. ^ "236 MAPLE ST". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
3. ^ Causier, Charles W.; Jurkiewicz, Joseph G. (December 29, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lancaster Post Office". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 21, 2023.

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