Monticello Post Office | |
Nrhp Type: | cp |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | 211 W. Gaines St., Monticello, Arkansas |
Coordinates: | 33.6289°N -91.7922°W |
Customarchitect: | Berta Margoulies |
Customarchitect Title: | Sculptor |
Architecture: | Art Deco |
Added: | August 14, 1998 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 98000920 |
The Monticello Post Office is a historic post office building at 211 West Gaines Street in Monticello, Arkansas. The single-story brick Art Deco 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 the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the United States Department of the Treasury.[1]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is used as the offices of the Monticello Economic Development Commission.