- City:
- Ripley, MS
- Site Type:
- Sculpture and Bas Relief, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Artist:
- George Aarons
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
George Aarons’ three cast stone reliefs, “Development of the Postal Service,” were installed in 1939 in the new Ripley, Mississippi post office. That post office was sold to private owners in the 1990s and the reliefs were moved to the new post office in 1999.
The stone reliefs were installed on the back work room floor. As of 2014, access is “happily granted by the employees” (newdealartregistry.org).
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural (accessed in 2014; link dead in 2026)
https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=26657&view=facts&y=824 (accessed August 2026)
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on March 8, 2014.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
Site last updated on August 5, 2026.
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