Okolona Post Office
Description
This post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1937. It briefly contained a New Deal mural painted by Harold Egan.
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Okolona PO entrance doors
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Okolona PO cornerstone
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.
Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on March 9, 2014.
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