Post Office – Picayune MS

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.

Location Info


120 U.S. 11
Picayune, MS 39466
Pearl River County

Coordinates: 30.52645, -89.67955

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One comment on “Post Office – Picayune MS

  1. 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.

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  1. 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.

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