The Susanville Post Office on North Lassen Street adorns one of the older murals in town. While I am slowly working on the mural tour, this particular may not be included due to the hours of operation at the post office.
Construction of the Susanville Post Office began in 1937, and was one of the last Works Projects Administration (WPA) in the area. Another part of Roosevelt’s New Deal projects was Treasury of Fine Arts program. These funds were used to hire artists to adorn federal buildings. In 1939, San Francisco artist, Helen Katherine Forbes (1891-1945) was commissioned to do a mural in the Susanville Post Office entitled, “The Deer.”