Wynne Post Office

{{Short description|United States historic post office}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Wynne Post Office

| nrhp_type =

| image = Wynne AR 2012-04-07 019.jpg

| caption =

| location = 402 E. Merriman Ave., Wynne, Arkansas

| coordinates = {{coord|35|13|27|N|90|47|21|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Arkansas#USA

| map_caption = Location in Arkansas##Location in United States

| built = {{Start date|1936}}

| architect = Ethel Magafan, et al.

| architecture = Art Deco

| added = August 14, 1998

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500025|title=Post Offices with Section Art in Arkansas MPS}}

| refnum = 98000914{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Wynne Post Office is located at 402 East Merriman Street in Wynne, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, with a built-up parapet obscuring a flat roof. A recent addition extends to the rear. The building was built in 1936 at a cost to the federal government of $65,000. It is most notable for the mural that adorns its main lobby, titled Cotton Pickers, which was created by Ethel Magafan with funding from the United States Treasury Department's Section of Art, a Depression-era jobs program for artists.{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/CS0022-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Wynne Post Office|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2014-11-22}}

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

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