US Post Office-Truth or Consequences Main

The Hot Springs Post Office, or Truth or Consequences Main Post Office at 400 Main Street in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico was built in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

US Post Office--Truth or Consequences Main
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in New Mexico Location in United States
Location	400 Main St., Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Coordinates	33°07′47″N 107°15′10″W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1940
Architect	Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon
Artist	Boris Deutsch
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	US Post Offices in New Mexico MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000141[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1990

It is Classical Revival in style, and was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon. It includes a 5 by 12 feet (1.5 m × 3.7 m) oil-on-canvas mural by artist Boris Deutsch, titled "The Indian Bear Dance," which was a prizewinner in a nearly-nation-wide competition run by the Fine Arts Section of the Federal Works Agency. It was one of 48 state-level selections out of 1,475 submitted sketches. The mural shows Indians in masks and costume performing a dance, with others watching, and was replicated in the December 4, 1939 issue of Life magazine.[2]

See also

• List of United States post office murals

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. H.J. "Jim" Kolva; Steve Franks (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: US Post Office--Truth or Consequences Main". National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2019. With accompanying four photos