Monticello Post Office

Monticello Post Office

The post office in May 2014
Location 211 W. Gaines St.,
Monticello, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°37′44″N 91°47′32″W / 33.6289°N 91.7922°W / 33.6289; -91.7922Coordinates: 33°37′44″N 91°47′32″W / 33.6289°N 91.7922°W / 33.6289; -91.7922
Area less than one acre
Built 1937 (1937)
Architect Margoulies, Berta, sculptor; et al.
Architectural style Art Deco
MPS Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 98000920[1]
Added to NRHP August 14, 1998

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 Section of Painting and Sculpture of the United States Department of the Treasury.[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 Monticello Post Office" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-17.


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