Property

Location Information
(for the Old U.S. Post Office)

Name:

(Old) U.S. Post Office [now privately owned]

Address:

301 Main Street, North

City/County:

Ripley, Tippah County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

1938

Architectural Styles(s):

Colonial Revival

No. of Stories:

Registration Information

NR Listing Date:

08 Sep 2000

NR District Name:

Ripley (2005)

NR Status:

Previously Listed

Element No.:

132

MPS:	U.S. Post Offices, 1931-1941

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Context/Comments

Built in 1938 as the U.S. Post Office for Ripley, this is a flat-roofed, one-story building, clad in red brick, with some modest classical detailing. It was designed and built under the direction of Louis A. Simon (1867-1958), Supervising Architect of the Treasury from 1933 to 1939. It formerly contained several bas-relief sculptures by George Aarons, which were completed and installed in 1939, but those were moved to the new post office when this building was vacated by the U.S. Postal Service.

The 1999 rehabilitation of this building by Dixie-Net Communications received a Heritage Award of Excellence from MHT in 2000.

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 8 September 2000, and it was later included as a "previously listed" element (element #132) in the Ripley Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 7 April 2005.