- City:
- Macon, MS
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Completed:
- 1941
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This 1941 post office, constructed by the Treasury Department is described by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as being in an “…odd, watered-down variation of the Colonial Revival style. Contains a mural by Douglas Crockwell, completed and installed in 1944” (MDAH).
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory database, Macon. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=24326&view=facts&y=959
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on February 16, 2014.
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I have pictures of the exterior and interior of the post office, if anyone is interested, on my website. https://hickoryridgestudio49.blogspot.com/2013/10/macon-mississippi-post-office.html