6. Wakefield Post Office

The Wakefield branch of the Post Office is located under the elevated IRT (2/5) subway tracks on White Plains Road in the northeastern Bronx. From the outside, the building appears to be fairly reserved, with a relatively plain white brick exterior. Inside, it is one of two Bronx Post Offices to possess WPA era murals. The mural was designed by Abraham Lishinsky and Irving A. Block and installed in 1942. Entitled, Washington and the Battle of the Bronx, the mural depicts a winter scene centered around Washington on horseback surrounded by soldiers, a cannon, a Native American, and a house that looks eerily like Poe’s Cottage.