348 N. Main St., Valentine, Nebraska. County/parish: Cherry.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 13, 1991. NRIS 91001750.
Part of Nebraska Post Offices Which Contain Section Artwork MPS (NRIS 64500390).
1 contributing building. 2 contributing objects.Also known as:
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. It includes invited artwork by University of Nebraska art professor Kady Faulkner.
It is one of 12 Nebraska post offices featuring a Section of Fine Arts mural. The $700 mural in the post office was both praised and panned when it was originally produced. Now the Valentine Media Center, operated by Educational Service Unit #17.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73919543