- 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
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
George Aarons’ three cast stone reliefs, “Development of the Postal Service,” were installed in 1939 in the then-new (and now former) Ripley, Mississippi post office. They were moved to the new post office in 1999 and 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
"Development of the Postal Service." Retrieved from www.newdealartregistry.org
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on March 8, 2014.
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Steve
The old post office building is still there though the communications company is no longer using it. I’m not sure of its future status.