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| Photographs of 1936 Works Progress Administration Murals for Port Chester Post Office, 1997 | ||||||
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| These photographs represent two of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals that are located in the Port Chester Post Office. The murals were painted by Dominico Mortellito during a six-month period in 1936. They are reminiscent of the work of Mexican muralists, Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. In fact, Mortellito was a great admirer of their work and was a personal friend of Orozco. The mural of the Port Chester docks measures 10 feet by 10 feet. The port played a key role in the development of Port Chester. The mural of the policeman is one of the smaller murals, measuring 43 inches by 6 feet. Mortellito said, “I wanted to capture the significance of human beings. What makes a city is its people.” The murals were completely restored in 1980, and the post office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. This record is associated with: |
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