U.S. Post Office (Rifle, Colorado)

US Post Office-Rifle Main
Rifle Post Office, October 2012
Location Railroad Avenue and Fourth Street
Rifle, Colorado
United States
Coordinates 39°31′57″N 107°47′02″W / 39.53250°N 107.78389°W / 39.53250; -107.78389 (US Post Office--Rifle Main)Coordinates: 39°31′57″N 107°47′02″W / 39.53250°N 107.78389°W / 39.53250; -107.78389 (US Post Office--Rifle Main)
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1940
Built by Joseph Sebacher Construction Co.
Architect Louis A. Simon
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in Colorado, 1900--1941, TR
NRHP reference # 86000186[1]
Added to NRHP January 24, 1986

The Rifle Main Post Office, at Railroad Avenue and Fourth Street in Rifle, Colorado, United States, was built in 1940. It includes a New Deal mural. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Description

Post office interior and mural,
July 2018

The building's design, generally Classical Revival and with Colonial Revival details, is credited to Louis A. Simon.[2]

The mural mounted above the Postmaster's office door, titled "Colorado Landscape", was painted on canvas in 1942 by artist George Vander Sluis (1915-1984).[2]

An information sheet posted below the mural reports that Sluis based the painting on sketches near Rifle, but that it does not depict any specific scene.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rifle Post Office / Rifle Main Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved July 30, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1983
  3. ↑ "Information Concerning the Mural above the Postmaster's Door, U.S. Post Office, Rifle, Colorado", accessed July 30, 2018

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