Monticello Post Office

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Monticello Post Office
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The post office in May 2014
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Location in United States
Location211 W. Gaines St.,
Monticello, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°37′44″N91°47′32″W / 33.6289°N 91.7922°W / 33.6289; -91.7922 Coordinates: 33°37′44″N91°47′32″W / 33.6289°N 91.7922°W / 33.6289; -91.7922
Arealess than one acre
Built1937 (1937)
Sculptor Berta Margoulies
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPS Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 98000920 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1998

The Monticello Post Office is a historic post office building at 211 West Gaines Street in Monticello, Arkansas. The single story brick Art Deco brick building was built in 1937. In 1941 a terra cotta sculpture by Berta Margoulies entitled "Tomato Sculpture" was installed in the building, which was funded in part by Section of Painting and Sculpture of the United States Department of the Treasury. [2]

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

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Monticello Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-17.