Berryville Sites

The single-story stone building was constructed by the WPA in 1940. It is of native stone veneer, quarried from the George Keck farm north of Berryville (Story, 1992). It is in the Plain Traditional style.

The single story stone building was designed in a "Plain Traditional" style with "minimal Craftsman influences" and included a stone chimney on the western elevation (Story, 1992). The building was constructed by 50 local laborers employed by the WPA.

The historic post office in Berryville, Arkansas was a New Deal construction. Arkansas Preservation: In late 1937, Congress authorized $70 million for public works projects over a three-year period. The majority of those were post offices, and among four in Arkansas was a new post office for Berryville in mountainous Carroll County. The building was designed in 1938 and erected in 1938-9 by Linbarger and Fraser, Contractors, of Camden, Arkansas. Louis A. Simon was the supervising architect for the project, Neal A. Melick was supervising engineer, W.G. Noll was superintendent of architecture, and J.A. Ackerman was construction engineer. The new Berryville Post Office...

Daniel Olney was commissioned to create artwork for Berryville, Askansas on the basis of a model he submitted in the Salina, Kansas, competition. The figures were redesigned when Olney got the Berryville assignment. He was paid $750. This "mural" is actually composed of three distinct painted plaster bas reliefs.; a farmer holding a sheaf of wheat, his wife holding a butter churn, and a plow crossed by a guitar to suggest the combination of work and play.