Post Office (former) - Philadelphia MS

City:: Philadelphia, MS
Site Type:: Federal Facilities, Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Police Stations, Post Offices
New Deal Agencies:: Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
Started:: 1935
Completed:: 1936

Description

“One of many public buildings constructed in Mississippi under WPA legislation during the Great Depression, the building has been well maintained and has retained its architectural integrity” (Weaver, 1995). The former US Post Office in Philadelphia was one of 32 post offices constructed in Mississippi under the New Deal Administration. The nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places described the building as “loosely Classical Revival with Mediterranean influence.” Currently in use as the Philadelphia Police Department, the building retains its original wood and glass entry vestibule and other internal and external elements. A mezzanine level is on the west side of the stucco building, the entrance features cast iron stair railings and “non structural arches of brick header voissoirs” over the windows (Weaver).

Source notes

Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory database retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=24082&view=facts&y=959. Weaver, Michelle. (1995). Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=24082&view=facts&y=959.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on September 16, 2013.