Lake Village Post Office
The Lake Village Post Office is a historic post office building at 206 South Cokley Street in Lake Village, Arkansas. The single story brick Colonial Revival building was built c. 1939; it is roughly square in shape, with a four sided cupola topped by a bell-cast roof and pyramid. The interior features a mural drawn by Avery Johnson and installed in 1941; it was financed by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, and depicts cypress trees and deer.[2]
Lake Village Post Office | |
Location | 206 S. Cokley St., Lake Village, Arkansas |
---|---|
Coordinates | 33°19′49″N 91°17′0″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 |
Architect | Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon |
Mural artist | Avery Johnson |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 98000916[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 14, 1998 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Lake Village Post Office" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.