The Old Perry Post Office is a historic site in
Perry
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Florida
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, located at 201 East Green Street. On May 11, 1989, it was added to the
U.S.
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National Register of Historic Places
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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
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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 .]
See also
*List of United States post offices
Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include indivi ...
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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
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