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The Dardanelle Post Office, originally the Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office, is a historic government building at 103 North Front Street in downtown Dardanelle, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick building, with a hip roof. It has a five-bay front facade, with a center entrance flanked by 
pilaster
In classical architecture
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s and topped by a panel, transom window
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, and dentillated entablature
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. Built in 1937, it has modest Colonial Revival style, and is most notable for the mural in the lobby, painted in 1939 by Ludwig Mactarian, and entitled ''Cotton Growing, Manufacture and Export''.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1998.
See also
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Yell County, Arkansas
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yell County, Arkansas.
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*List of United States post offices
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* * Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Yell County, Arkansas Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1938 Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas 1938 establishments in Arkansas Dardanelle, Arkansas {{YellCountyAR-NRHP-stub