U.S. Post Office-Sylvester | |
Location: | 122 N. Main St., Sylvester, Georgia |
Coordinates: | 31.5269°N -83.835°W |
Built: | 1939 |
Added: | July 5, 1996 |
Refnum: | 96000735 |
The United States Post Office in Sylvester, Georgia is a historic post office. It was the area's only post office[1] and is adorned with a mural from the New Deal era titled Cantaloupe Industry that was painted by Chester J. Tingler in 1939.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1996. It is located at 122 North Main Street.
It is a rectangular, one-story building with Colonial Revival details applied to what has been termed as otherwise an International-style building. The International-style elements are its plain walls and windows and its flat composition roof.[3]