Old Post Office

Convention Blvd., Hot Springs, Arkansas. County/parish: Garland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 12, 1990. NRIS 90000547.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Old Post Office (Hot Springs, Arkansas)

The Old Post Office is a historic former post office building on Convention Boulevard in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a steel and masonry structure, two stories in height, finished in brick and stone, with Renaissance Revival styling. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance set in a round-arch entrance with an elaborate keystone. The interior lobby area has its original red marble finish, with quartersawn oak trim. The former post office was built in 1901, and is one of the city's best examples of Renaissance Revival architecture.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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