Chilton Post Office
Chilton Post Office is located in Wisconsin
Chilton Post Office
Chilton Post Office is located in the United States
Chilton Post Office
Location57 E. Main St., Chilton, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°1′45″N 88°9′41″W / 44.02917°N 88.16139°W / 44.02917; -88.16139
Arealess than one acre
Built1938
ArchitectThwaites, Charles W.; Simon, Louis A. and Melick, Neal A.
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
MPSUnited States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
NRHP reference No.00001249[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 2000

The Chilton Post Office is a historic post office located at 57 E. Main St. in Chilton, Wisconsin, United States. The post office was built in 1938 and designed in the Georgian Revival style. The red brick building has a metal hip roof in the front and a flat roof in the back. The front entrance has a pair of bronze aluminum doors with white trim topped by a metal eagle. A Works Progress Administration mural by Charles Winstanley Thwaites, titled "Threshing Barley", is painted on a wall in the lobby.[2]

The post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Chilton Post Office". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.


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