Lake Village Post Office Explained

Lake Village Post Office
Location:206 S. Cokley St., Lake Village, Arkansas
Coordinates:33.3303°N -91.2833°W
Architect:Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon
Customarchitect:Avery Johnson
Customarchitect Title:Mural artist
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:August 14, 1998
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:98000916

The Lake Village Post Office is a historic post office at 206 South Cokley Street in Lake Village, Arkansas. The single-story brick Colonial Revival building was built c. 1939; it is roughly square in shape, with a four-sided cupola topped by a bell-cast roof and pyramid. The interior features a mural drawn by Avery Johnson and installed in 1941; it was financed by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, and depicts cypress trees and deer.[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Lake Village Post Office. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-04-14.