Lake Village Post Office
National Register of Historic Places

Lake Village Post Office

Lake Village, Chicot County, Arkansas
Listed
August 13, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
98000916

About this property

The Lake Village Post Office is a historic post office at 206 South Cokley Street in Lake Village, Arkansas. The single-story brick Colonial Revival building was built c. 1939; it is roughly square in shape, with a four-sided cupola topped by a bell-cast roof and pyramid. The interior features a mural drawn by Avery Johnson and installed in 1941; it was financed by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, and depicts cypress trees and deer. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Location

206 S. Cokley St.
Lake Village, Chicot County, Arkansas
33.33034, -91.28341

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Lake Village Post Office listed on the National Register?

Lake Village Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1998.

What type of historic resource is Lake Village Post Office?

Lake Village Post Office is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Lake Village Post Office?

The period of significance for Lake Village Post Office is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1939.

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