Portales Main Post Office

US Post Office--Portales Main
Location 116 W. First St., Portales, New Mexico
Coordinates 34°11′11″N 103°20′17″W / 34.186356°N 103.338118°W / 34.186356; -103.338118Coordinates: 34°11′11″N 103°20′17″W / 34.186356°N 103.338118°W / 34.186356; -103.338118
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1937
Built by Theodore Van Soelen
Architect Louis A. Simon
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New Mexico MPS
NRHP reference # 90000140[1]
Added to NRHP February 23, 1990

The Portales Main Post Office, on W. 1st St. in Portales in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, was built in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as US Post Office-Portales Main.[1]

It is a one-story red brick building.

It includes an oil-on-canvas mural by Santa Fe artist Theodore Van Soelen titled "Buffalo Range", executed in 1939 under a New Deal program, the Federal Works Agency's Section of Fine Arts program. The mural is about 5 by 12 feet (1.5 m × 3.7 m).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ H.J. "Jim" Kolva and Steve Franks (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Portales Main Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved June 4, 2017. With four photos (including one of the mural).
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