Old Post Office (Rogers, Arkansas)

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Rogers Post Office Building
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Location120 W. Poplar St., Rogers, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°19′51″N94°7′2″W / 36.33083°N 94.11722°W / 36.33083; -94.11722 Coordinates: 36°19′51″N94°7′2″W / 36.33083°N 94.11722°W / 36.33083; -94.11722
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
Architect Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP reference No. 87002408 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

The Old Post Office is a historic former post office building at 120 West Poplar Street in Rogers, Arkansas. It is a Georgian Revival single-story brick building, built in 1917 to a design by the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building served as the city's main post office until the late 1940s. It was then adapted to house the Rogers Public Library, which occupied the premises between 1963 and 1994. An example of Georgian Revival architecture, [2] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as "Rogers Post Office Building". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Rogers Post Office Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-07.