List of United States post office murals in Virginia

Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Virginia between 1934 and 1943.American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941 pp 623 – 658 LocationMural titleImageArtistDateNotesNRHPlistedAltavistaThe Growing CommunityHerman Maril1940oil on canvasAppalachiaAppalachiaLucile Blanch1940oil on canvasArlingtonAn Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great FallsAuriel Bessemer1940yesApple HarvestArlington Polo Players at Fort MeyerCaptain John Smith Meets the Massawomek IndiansRobert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in VirginiaTobacco Picking in the Late Colonial EraBassettManufacture of FurnitureWalter Carnelli1939frescoBerryvilleClark County Products, 1939Edwin S. Lewis1940BluefieldCoal MiningRichard Hay Kenah1942temperaChathamHarvest Season in Southern VirginiaCarson Davenport1938oil on canvasChristiansburgGreat RoadPaul DeTroot1939oil on canvasyesEmporiaCountry Saw MillAndree Ruellan1941oil on canvasHarrisonburgCounty Fair, Trading, Courthouse SquareWilliam Calfee1943four panelsHopewellCapt. Francis Eppes Making Friends with the Appomattox IndiansEdmund Archer1939oil on canvasLurayLuray-1840Sheffield Kagy1939oil on canvasOrangeUpland PasturesArnold Friedman1937oil on canvasPetersburgAgricultural Scenes in VirginiaWilliam Calfee1937oil on canvasRiding to HoundsEdwin S. LewisPhoebusChesapeake FishermanWilliam Calfee1941fresco; winner of the 48-State Mural CompetitionRadfordThe return of Mary Draper InglesAlexander B. Clayton1942oil on canvasRichmondPocahontas rescuing Captain John SmithPaul Cadmus1939Removed from the Courthouse Annex in 1972, relocated to the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States CourthouseSir Walter RaleighWilliam ByrdStuart's Raiders at the Swollen FordJared French1939Relocated to the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States CourthouseJeb StuartJohn PelhamRocky MountLife in RockymountRoy Hilton1938three panelsSmithfieldCaptain John Smith Trading with the IndiansWilliam Abbott Cheever1941oil on canvasStrasburgApple OrchardSarah Jane Blakeslee1938StuartReceiving the Mail on the FarmJohn E. Costigan1942oil on canvasTazewellSheep-Mother and Child and MiningWilliam H. Calfee1940oil on canvasVirginia BeachOld Dominion Conversation PieceJohn H. R. Pickett1939oil on canvas

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