Historical Landmark Montevallo's Post Office located on the corner of Main and Vine Street is one of twenty-three post offices in Alabama selected to recieve artistic decoration under the New Deal government during the Great Depression.

	Early Settlers Weighing Cotton (1939) by William S. McCall was commissioned as part of a federal art project organized under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in effect from 1935 to 1943.    Early Settlers Weighing Cotton (1939) William S. McCall		The WPA was created to provide economic relief for citizens during the Great Depression and employed approximately 8.5 million people who worked on a variety of projects such as federal building and highway construction, reforestation, and rural rehabilitation projects.  Although many are missing or have been destroyed, quality murals such as this one can be found in post offices across the country.  For more information on WPA art in Alabama see: http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/