Old Magnolia Post Office

Magnolia, Columbia County

Photograph of Post Office (former) (Magnolia) — Image: Joe Jones, public domain (Treasury Section of Fine Arts), via Wikimedia Commons Source

Magnolia's post office was built in 1937, and Joe Jones's mural "Threshing" was installed soon after. Look for cast-concrete airplane propellers on the outside, the same detail as the Van Buren post office. It became the public library in 1968.

Kind of place: Courthouses, post offices and city halls
Built by: Not recorded
When: About 1937
Where: Magnolia, Columbia County
Still there?: Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Living New Deal: Post Office (former) - Magnolia AR
University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas Post Office Murals

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.