The Lake Village Post Office is a historic
post office
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at 206 South Cokley Street in
Lake Village, Arkansas. The single-story brick
Colonial Revival
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The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
building was built c. 1939; it is roughly square in shape, with a four-sided
cupola
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The word derives, via Ital ...
topped by a bell-cast roof and pyramid. The interior
features a mural drawn by Avery Johnson and installed in 1941; it was financed by the Treasury Department's
Section of Fine Arts
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, and depicts cypress trees and deer.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1998.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicot County, Arkansas
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List of United States post offices
Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include indivi ...
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List of United States post office murals
References
External links
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Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas
Government buildings completed in 1938
National Register of Historic Places in Chicot County, Arkansas
Lake Village, Arkansas
1938 establishments in Arkansas
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