55 E. Oneida St., Preston, Idaho. County/parish: Franklin.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 16, 1989. NRIS 89000135.
Part of US Post Offices in Idaho 1900-1941 MPS (NRIS 64500197).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Preston Main Post Office, located at 55 E. Oneida St. in Preston, Idaho, was built in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as US Post Office-Preston Main.
Its Classical Revival design is credited to Louis A. Simon.
The interior includes a New Deal mural depicting U.S. cavalry attacking and burning a Native American village, titled "The Battle of Bear River". The approximately 5 by 12 feet (1.5 m × 3.7 m) mural was painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald in 1941.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84248280