Paris Post Office (Paris, Arkansas)

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Paris Post Office
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Location206 N. Elm St., Paris, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°17′39″N93°43′47″W / 35.29417°N 93.72972°W / 35.29417; -93.72972 Coordinates: 35°17′39″N93°43′47″W / 35.29417°N 93.72972°W / 35.29417; -93.72972
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
Architect Joseph P. Vorst; et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference # 98000923 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1998

The Paris Post Office is located at 206 North Elm Street in downtown Paris, Arkansas. It is located in a modest Colonial Revival building, built in 1937 as part of a major federal building project. It is notable for the controversy over its interior artwork, which was funded by the Treasury Department's Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and executed by Joseph P. Vorst. The murals proposed by Vorst depicted a raggedly dressed African-American with several skinny mules, approaching a tarpaper shack that appears to be the man's home. There was public outcry, with Vorst defending the depiction as an accurate rendition of the area during a visit he made. He then submitted an alternate drawing, which showed a stock farm, cotton gin, and other more benign imagery, which was accepted. [2]

Paris, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Paris is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States, and serves as the county seat for the northern district of Logan County; its southern district counterpart is Booneville. The population was 3,532 at the 2010 United States Census.

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

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Paris Post Office" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-16.