Monticello Post Office

The Monticello Post Office is a historic post office building at 211 West Gaines Street in Monticello, Arkansas. The single story brick Art Deco brick building was built in 1937. In 1941 a terra cotta sculpture by Berta Margoulies entitled Tomato Sculpture was installed in the building, which was funded in part by the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the United States Department of the Treasury.[2]

Monticello Post Office
The post office in May 2014
Monticello Post Office is located in Arkansas
Monticello Post Office
Location in Arkansas
Monticello Post Office is located in the United States
Monticello Post Office
Location in United States
Location211 W. Gaines St.,
Monticello, Arkansas
Coordinates33.6289°N 91.7922°W / 33.6289; -91.7922
Arealess than one acre
Built1937 (1937)
SculptorBerta Margoulies
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPSPost Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.98000920[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1998

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] It is used as the offices of the Monticello Economic Development Commission.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Monticello Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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