Property

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

Name:

U.S. Post Office

Address:

501 Main Street, North

City/County:

Water Valley, Yalobusha County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

1924-25

Architectural Styles(s):

Neoclassical

No. of Stories:

1.5

Registration Information

NR Listing Date:

18 Apr 1985

NR District Name:

Water Valley Main Street (2012)

NR Status:

Previously Listed

Element No.:

View National Register Nomination Form

Context/Comments

Built in 1924-25, the post office building in Water Valley was designed and built under the direction of James A. Wetmore (1863-1940), Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury from 1915 to 1933. A two-story brick building, painted white, with Neoclassical features, it is similar in design to the post office in Holly Springs, Mississippi (1925-26).

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 18 April 1985. It was later included as a previously-listed element (element #53) in the Water Valley Main Street Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 26 March 2012.