‘The Clinton Building was originally known as the New Post Office & it housed the headquarters of the Post Office Department until 1971, when the United States Postal Service replaced it. Before the building was named in honor of former President Bill Clinton on July 17, 2013, it was named for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Special Agent Ariel Rios who was killed in the line of duty on December 2, 1982. Constructed in the early 1930s in one of Washington's most crime-ridden neighborhoods known as Murder Bay, the Clinton Building was part of the Federal Triangle redevelopment aimed at cleaning up crime & prostitution. Designed by architects William Adams Delano & Chester Holmes Aldrich in the Neoclassical style with inspiration from the Place Vendome in Paris. Photograph in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.’ https://picryl.com/media/exterior-view-of-the-william-jefferson-clinton-federal-building-in-the-federal-d5252a
now the #ClintonFederalBuilding, in DC [👉ALT] - for #TheNewDeal’s #TreasurySectionofFineArts.
‘In his murals, Harding shows historically based scenes of two #FoundingFathers, #BenjaminFranklin [‘Ben Franklin, Colonial Postmaster’] & #GeorgeWashington [‘Post Dispatch Rider’], ➡️