Wynne Post Office

United States historic post office

United States historic place


Wynne Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°13′27″N 90°47′21″W / 35.22417°N 90.78917°W / 35.22417; -90.78917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1936 (1936)
Architect	Ethel Magafan, et al.
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	98000914^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1998

The Wynne Post Office is located at 402 East Merriman Street in Wynne, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, with a built-up parapet obscuring a flat roof. A recent addition extends to the rear. The building was built in 1936 at a cost to the federal government of $65,000. It is most notable for the mural that adorns its main lobby, titled Cotton Pickers, which was created by Ethel Magafan with funding from the United States Treasury Department's Section of Art, a Depression-era jobs program for artists.^[2]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Wynne Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-22.