Location Information (for the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building) Name: U.S. Post Office and Federal Building Address: 500 Main Street, West City/County: Tupelo, Lee County Architectural Information Construction Date: 1962-63 Architectural Styles(s): Modern No. of Stories: 3 Registration Information NR District Name: Downtown Tupelo (2014)     NR Status: Contributing     Element No.: 133 Context/Comments This Mid-Century Modern office building was built in 1962-63 to serve as the post office and federal building for Tupelo. It superseded the old post office building at 300 West Main Street, which had been built in 1915.

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Brief Description This is a three-story building of steel frame construction clad in cast concrete and brick, with a flat roof. The ground floor has twenty-five bays consisting of fixed single-light display windows and two paired entries with single-light metal doors. The entrance is sheltered by cantilevered canopy made of cast concrete. The second and third floors have twenty-eight bays with cast marble spandrels and double fixed-light windows with hopper. The bays are separated by cast concrete vertical fins. (RC, 2021)