United States Post Office-Valentine

U.S. Post Office-Valentine
Location 348 N. Main St., Valentine, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°52′33″N 100°32′59″W / 42.87583°N 100.54972°W / 42.87583; -100.54972Coordinates: 42°52′33″N 100°32′59″W / 42.87583°N 100.54972°W / 42.87583; -100.54972
Area less than one acre
Built 1939
Architect Simon,Louis
Architectural style Moderne
MPS Nebraska Post Offices Which Contain Section Artwork MPS
NRHP Reference # 91001750[1]
Added to NRHP December 13, 1991

The U.S. Post Office-Valentine, at 348 N. Main St. in Valentine, Nebraska, was built in 1939. It has also been known as Cherry County Sawer Memorial Library Educational Service Unit 17, Media Center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991; the listing included one contributing building and two contributing objects.[1] It includes invited artwork by University of Nebraska art professor Kady Faulkner.[2]

Interior with postmaster's window, and mural above

It is one of 12 Nebraska post offices featuring a Section of Fine Arts mural.[3] The $700 mural in the post office was both praised and panned when it was originally produced.[4] Now the Valentine Media Center, operated by Educational Service Unit #17.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Carol Ahlgren (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Valentine United States Post Office / Cherry County Sawer Memorial Library Educational Service Unit 17, Media Center / CE14-090" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying three photos from 1989
  3. ↑ Ahlgren, Carol (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Nebraska Post Offices Which Contain Section Artwork (1938-1942)" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  4. ↑ David Hendee (November 15, 2012). "The post-Depression post office murals of Nebraska". Omaha World-Herald. (see Valentine mural visible in 4th clickable photo)
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Educational Service Unit #17". Retrieved 2012-11-26.


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