Monticello Post Office

	Monticello Post Office
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	The post office in May 2014
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	211 W. Gaines St.,; Monticello, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°37′44″N 91°47′32″W / 33.6289°N 91.7922°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937
Sculptor	Berta Margoulies
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	98000920
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1998

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.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1] It is used as the offices of the Monticello Economic Development Commission.

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Monticello Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

External links

Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Monticello Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

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