The Old Walnut Ridge Post Office is a historic commercial building at 225 West Main Street in

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Walnut Ridge is a city in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 5098 at the United States Census's 2019 estimate. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County. Walnut Ridge lies immediately north of Hoxie. The two towns ...

. It is a -story T-shaped brick structure, five bays wide, with a side

gable roof A gable roof is a roof consisting of two sections whose upper horizontal edges meet to form its ridge. The most common roof shape in cold or temperate climates, it is constructed of rafters, roof trusses or purlins. The pitch of a gable roof ...

and a full concrete basement. Its

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

features include a centered entry, flanked by Ionic

pilaster In classical architecture, a pilaster is an architectural element used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists of a flat surface raised from the main wal ...

s and topped by a broken gabled

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedim ...

. The remaining bays are filled with nine-over-nine sash windows. The eave is plain concrete, except for a course of

modillion A modillion is an ornate bracket, more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a corbel. They are often seen underneath a cornice which it helps to support. Modillions are more elaborate than dentils (literally translated as small teeth). Al ...

s just below the roof line. The building was designed under Louis A. Simon of the

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and was completed in 1935. It served as a post office until 1977, and then served as the facilities of the local ''Times Dispatch'' newspaper. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1994.

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Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas Commercial buildings completed in 1935 Buildings and structures in Lawrence County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence County, Arkansas {{LawrenceCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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