- City:
- Okolona, MS
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Treasury Department, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
This post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937. It briefly contained a New Deal mural painted by Harold Egan.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Historic Resources Inventory database. "U S Post Office, Okolona." Retrieved fromhttps://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural Criss, S. (2001). Okolona Historic District nomination form for National Records of Historic Places. Retrieved fromhttps://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/district.aspx?view=facts&id=165 Fazio, M. W., Parrish, W. E., Blackwell, T., & Franks, C. (1979). "Four Building Act of 1926 Post Offices and Thirty-Tow Public Works Administration Post Offices Thematic Resources." Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved from Mississippi Department of Archives and History.Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on March 9, 2014.
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