The Old Perry Post Office is a historic site in

Perry Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally in England (particularly Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire), parts of South Wales, France (especially Normandy and Anjou), Canada, Austral ...

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, located at 201 East Green Street. On May 11, 1989, it was added to the

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. The post office was built in 1935. It is a one-story-with-mezzanine structure which is vernacular in style but with modest elements of

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references to Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial ...

. The building included a publicly funded mural installed in 1938. The mural is a panel painted by

George Snow Hill George Snow Hill (1898–1969) was a painter and sculptor in the United States known as a muralist. He lived in St. Petersburg, Florida until his death in 1969. He founded the Hill School of Art in St. Petersburg in 1946. Early life and career Hil ...

(1898–1969) which is titled "Cypress Logging", depicting the lumber industry of the area. (See #14 in accompanying photos.) The panel was moved to a new site, the new Perry Post Office, in 1987. A photographic reproduction of the mural was to be posted in the Old Perry Post Office, as of the NRHP listing. With .

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* Buildings and structures in Taylor County, Florida Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida Vernacular architecture in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Taylor County, Florida 1935 establishments in Florida Government buildings completed in 1935 {{TaylorCountyFL-NRHP-stub

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