Berryville Post Office Explained

Berryville Post Office
Location:101 E. Madison Ave., Berryville, Arkansas
Coordinates:36.3644°N -93.5656°W
Architect:Olney, Daniel; et al.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:August 14, 1998
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:98000922
Nrhp Type2:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Nrhp Type2:March 24, 2016
Partof:Berryville Commercial Historic District
Partof Refnum:16000402

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.[1]

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

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Berryville Post Office. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-02-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203182136/http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/%21userfiles/CR0989.nr.pdf. 2015-02-03.