DeWitt Post Office
DeWitt Post Office is located in Arkansas
DeWitt Post Office
Location in Arkansas
DeWitt Post Office is located in the United States
DeWitt Post Office
Location in United States
Location221 W. Cross St., DeWitt, Arkansas
Coordinates34°17′42″N 91°20′14″W / 34.29500°N 91.33722°W / 34.29500; -91.33722
Arealess than one acre
Built1939 (1939)
ArchitectOffice of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon
ArtistWilliam Traher
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSPost Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.98000915[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1998

The DeWitt Post Office is a historic post office at 221 West Cross Street, DeWitt, Arkansas. It is a modest single-story brick and masonry structure with a hip roof, built in 1939 in a restrained Colonial Revival style. It is a basically rectangular structure, with a loading dock area projecting from the center of the rear. The building is notable for the murals in its lobby area, painted by William Traher of Denver, Colorado, and paid for with funds from the United States Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, a Depression-era project to support artists.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for DeWitt Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-30.


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