Monticello Post Office Explained

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.

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Monticello Post Office. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-02-17.