Property Name:UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Resource Name:STILWELL POST OFFICE
Address: 16 SOUTH SECOND STREET
City: STILWELL
Vicinity: None
County: Adair
Lot: 1
Block: 30
Plate Name: ORIGINAL TOWN
Section: 35
Township: 15N
Range: 25E
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Post Office
Current Function: Post Office
Area of Significance 1: Politics/Government
Area of Significance 2: Art
Description of Significance: BUILDING IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NEW DEAL ART.
Document Source: CORNERSTONE; 1925 SANBORN MAP
Name Preparer: ALYSON GREINER/HARTLEY
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: THEMATIC SURVEY OF NEW DEAL ART
Date Prepared: 7/30/2004 & 1991
Photograph: Yes
Year: 2004 &1991
Arch build: LOUIS A. SIMON, SUPERVISING ARCHITECT.
Year Built: 1940
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 51
Other Arch Style: Not Applicable
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Hipped
Roof Material: Metal
Wall material 1: Brick
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: HUNG
Window Material: Wood
Door Type: GLAZED SLAB, DOUBLE DOORS
Door Material: Metal
External Features: SCULPTED EAGLE OVER ENTRANCE, SCONCES. LARGE CHIMNEY IN BACK
Internal Features: 1942 MURAL "CHEROKEE INDIAN FARMING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY" BY OLGA MOHR ON THE SOUTH WALL.
Des Detail: CANTED CORNERS
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: A ONE STORY BUILDING WITH BASEMENT, AND A VERY MODEST EXAMPLE OF THE COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE WITH A HIPPED ROOF. FACADE IS SYMMETRICAL AND THE CORNERS OF THE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING ARE CANTED.
Comments: ALSO SEE ADAIR COUNTY R & C FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Placement: S. OF 2ND AND DIVISION, ON THE W. SIDE OF STREET
Listed on National Registry?: No
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2013-08-21 15:56:08.000
Latitude: 35.81379
Long: -94.62903
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
