Old Walnut Ridge Post Office

Old Walnut Ridge Post Office
Location 225 W. Main St., Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°4′10″N 90°57′27″W / 36.06944°N 90.95750°W / 36.06944; -90.95750Coordinates: 36°4′10″N 90°57′27″W / 36.06944°N 90.95750°W / 36.06944; -90.95750
Area less than one acre
Built 1935 (1935)
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 94000496[1]
Added to NRHP May 20, 1994

The Old Walnut Ridge Post Office is a historic commercial building at 225 West Main Street in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story T-shaped brick structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof and a full concrete basement. Its Colonial Revival features include a centered entry, flanked by Ionic pilasters and topped by a broken gabled pediment. The remaining bays are filled with nine-over-nine sash windows. The eave is plain concrete, except for a course of modillions just below the roof line. The building was designed by Louis A. Simon, the supervising architect of the United States Treasury Department, and was completed in 1935, and is a fine local example of Colonial Revival commercial architecture. It served as a post office until 1977, and then served as the facilities of the local Times Dispatch newspaper.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Old Walnut Ridge Post Office" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-24.


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