Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office
Appearance
Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | 103 N. Front St., Dardanelle, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°13′14″N 93°8′50″W / 35.22056°N 93.14722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 |
Artist | Ludwig Mactarian |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
Part of | Dardanelle Commercial Historic District (ID08001039) |
MPS | Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 98000919[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 14, 1998 |
Designated CP | January 28, 2009 |
The Dardanelle Post Office, originally the Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office, is a historic government building at 103 North Front Street in downtown Dardanelle, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick building, with a hip roof. It has a five-bay front facade, with a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a panel, transom window, and dentillated entablature. Built in 1937, it has modest Colonial Revival style, and is most notable for the mural in the lobby, painted in 1939 by Ludwig Mactarian, and entitled Cotton Growing, Manufacture and Export.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Yell County, Arkansas
- List of United States post offices
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
External links
[edit]- Media related to United States Post Office (Dardanelle, Arkansas) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
Categories:
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Yell County, Arkansas
- Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas
- Government buildings completed in 1938
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas
- 1938 establishments in Arkansas
- Dardanelle, Arkansas
- Northwest Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs