- City:
- Picayune, MS
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Contractor:
- Henry I. Flynn Construction Company
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Colonial Revival style post office was built in 1937-8. It contains a mural, “Lumber Region of Mississippi” by Donald H. Robertson.
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Historic Resources Inventory. "US Post Office, Picayune." Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on March 8, 2014.
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Actually, the Picayune, MS Post Office was built mostly in 1937 and the cornerstone is inscribed with the year 1937. The building was dedicated Feb 12, 1938.
Also, the correct address is 120 US-11, Picayune, MS 39466.