Berryville Post Office

United States historic place

Significant dates

Berryville Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


36°21′52″N 93°33′56″W / 36.36444°N 93.56556°W / 36.36444; -93.56556
Area	less than one acre
Built	1938 (1938)
Architect	Olney, Daniel; et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
Part of	Berryville Commercial Historic District (ID16000402)
MPS	Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	98000922^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1998
Designated CP	March 24, 2016

The Berryville Post Office is a historic post office building at 101 East Madison Avenue in Berryville, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick Colonial Revival structure, topped by a hip roof and cupola with finial. It was designed by Louis A. Simon and built in 1938–39. Although primarily intended to serve the needs of the United States Postal Service, the basement housed offices of various county agents. The building is primarily notable for the plaster sculpture above the postmaster's office, which was created in 1940 by Daniel Gillette Olney as part of the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, a jobs program for artists.^[2]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Berryville Post Office" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.