United States Post Office (Rifle, Colorado)

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]

US Post Office-Rifle Main
Rifle Post Office, October 2012
LocationRailroad Avenue and Fourth Street
Rifle, Colorado
United States
Coordinates39°31′57″N 107°47′02″W
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1940
Built byJoseph Sebacher Construction Co.
ArchitectLouis A. Simon
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in Colorado, 1900--1941, TR
NRHP reference No.86000186[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 1986

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. "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

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