Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office

The Dardanelle Post Office, originally the Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office, is a historic government building at 103 North Front Street in downtown Dardanelle, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick building, with a hip roof. It has a five-bay front facade, with a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a panel, transom window, and dentillated entablature. Built in 1937, it has modest Colonial Revival style, and is most notable for the mural in the lobby, painted in 1939 by Ludwig Mactarian, and entitled Cotton Growing, Manufacture and Export.[2]

Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office
Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office is located in Arkansas
Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office
Location in Arkansas
Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office is located in the United States
Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office
Location in United States
Location103 N. Front St., Dardanelle, Arkansas
Coordinates35°13′14″N 93°8′50″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
ArtistLudwig Mactarian
Architectural styleColonial Revival
Part ofDardanelle Commercial Historic District (ID08001039)
MPSPost Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.98000919[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1998
Designated CPJanuary 28, 2009

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

Cotton Growing, Manufacture, and Export, mural by Ludwig Mactarian

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-23.


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