Old United States Post Office (Philadelphia, Mississippi)

Philadelphia, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Find out more

Built in 1936 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, this Old U.S. Post Office exemplifies the Mediterranean Revival and Neoclassical architectural styles favored during the New Deal era. One of thirty-two federal post offices constructed in Mississippi during the Great Depression under President Franklin Roosevelt's public buildings program, the structure represents a significant investment in civic infrastructure during that economically turbulent period. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and designated a Mississippi Landmark, the building now serves as home to the Philadelphia police department.

Movement

Mediterranean Revival architecture Neoclassical architecture

Built: 1936
Type: post office
Heritage: Mississippi Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Philadelphia, United States

This building on

Architecturally similar

Location

32.77060, -89.10890