Arkansas New Deal

All places › Randolph County

Old Pocahontas Post Office

Pocahontas, Randolph County

Photograph of Old Pocahontas Post Office
Photo: H. Louis Freund, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Source

Pocahontas's Art Deco post office was built in 1936 and 1937 under federal supervision for about $51,684 and opened on July 13, 1937. It served the town until 1986. Its mural by Louis Freund was later moved to the Arkansas State University Museum in Jonesboro.

Kind of place
Courthouses, post offices and city halls
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
1936 to 1937
Where
Pocahontas, Randolph County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

See it on the mapDirectionsBeen here? Tell us

Sources

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