Nashville Post Office

The Nashville Post Office is a historic post office building located at 220 North Main Street in Nashville, Howard County, Arkansas.

For the historic former post office in Nashville, Tennessee, see Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Nashville Post Office
Nashville Post Office is located in Arkansas
Nashville Post Office
Location in Arkansas
Nashville Post Office is located in the United States
Nashville Post Office
Location in United States
Location220 N. Main St., Nashville, Arkansas
Coordinates33°56′43″N 93°50′46″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1937 (1937)
ArchitectOffice of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon, Algeron Blair
Architectural styleArt Deco, PWA Moderne
Part ofNashville Commercial Historic District (ID10000784[1])
MPSPost Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.98000913[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1998
Designated CPSeptember 23, 2010

The post office was built during 1936–1937.

Description

It is a single-story brick building, roughly square in shape, with very restrained Art Deco and PWA Moderne styling. The main entrance (facing west) is flanked by pilasters, and topped by two courses of windows also flanked by pilasters, each stepped back from the lower level.

The public lobby area inside is decorated with a mural, painted in 1939 by John Tazewell Robertson, entitled Peach Growing. The mural was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.[2]

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

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Nashville Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-23.


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