The Piggott Post Office is located at 119 North 3rd Street in central Piggott, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick building, with a flat roof that has an encircling parapet, and a concrete foundation. Construction on the building took place mostly in 1937, but was not completed until 1941. The building is noted for its lobby murals, painted by Iowa native Dan Rhodes, with funding from the United States Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, a Depression-era jobs program for artists. The murals depict air mail postal service.[2]

Piggott Post Office
Piggott Post Office is located in Arkansas
Piggott Post Office
Location in Arkansas
Piggott Post Office is located in the United States
Piggott Post Office
Location in United States
Location119 N. Third St., Piggott, Arkansas
Coordinates36°23′0″N 90°11′33″W / 36.38333°N 90.19250°W / 36.38333; -90.19250
Arealess than one acre
Built1937 (1937)
ArchitectDan Rhodes, Louis A. Simon
Architectural styleColonial Revival
Part ofPiggott Commercial Historic District (ID09000867)
MPSPost Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.98000917[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1998
Designated CPNovember 4, 2009

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Piggott Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
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