Berryville Post Office

Berryville Post Office
Location 101 E. Madison Ave., Berryville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°21′52″N 93°33′56″W / 36.36444°N 93.56556°W / 36.36444; -93.56556Coordinates: 36°21′52″N 93°33′56″W / 36.36444°N 93.56556°W / 36.36444; -93.56556
Area less than one acre
Built 1938 (1938)
Architect Olney, Daniel; et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
Part of Berryville Commercial Historic District (#16000402)
MPS Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 98000922[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 14, 1998
Designated CP March 24, 2016

The Berryville Post Office is a historic post office building at 101 East Madison Avenue in Berryville, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick Colonial Revival structure, topped by a hip roof and cupola with finial. It was designed by Louis A. Simon and built in 1938-39. Although primarily intended to serve the needs of the United States Postal Service, the basement housed offices of various county agents. The building is primarily notable for the plaster sculpture above the postmaster's office, which was created in 1940 by Daniel Olney as part of the Treasury Departments Section of Fine Arts, a jobs program for artists.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Berryville Post Office" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-03.


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