United States Post Office (Rifle, Colorado)

US Post Office-Rifle Main
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Rifle Post Office, October 2012
Location	Railroad Avenue and Fourth Street Rifle, Colorado United States
Coordinates	39°31′57″N 107°47′02″W
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 No.	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

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Garfield County, Colorado
• List of United States post office murals

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
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

External links

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