Orville Carroll Sites

Constructed in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the former Post Office in Osceola, Arkansas is typical of the type of small post offices that were built during the New Deal for rural towns. The $55,000 project probably begun during the tenure of Postmaster Arch Smith in 1935 but was finished and dedicated during that of Clement Bowen who served as Osceola’s postmaster until 1942. This split-level building has a fully usable basement, which allowed the Postal Service three floors of functioning space. The building originally had four entrances; with the main entrance through two sets of tall double...

The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural "Building the Industrial Foundation of Batesville" painted by Orville Carroll in 1938. The size of the mural is 13'6" x 5'6" and the medium is tempera on canvas.

The post office contains six murals depicting the history of Harrodsburg. They were painted in 1941 with support from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Orville Carroll painted five of the six murals. "Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner Arriving at Harrod's Settlement" is suspected to have been painted by Charles Goodwin, though this has not been confirmed.