Arlington Post Office
Also known as: Old Post Office; H-8, #201
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Why it's listed
Completed in 1939 at 200 West Main Street, Arlington's first permanent post office is a one-story brick building with a basement, a symmetrical five-bay facade, a simplified cast concrete entablature, and a hipped tile roof topped with an octagonal cupola. The Federal Works Agency built it from a standard plan by Treasury Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon, using bricks from Malakoff, Texas. Above the central entry sits an American eagle figure, and the interior has marble wainscoting and a terrazzo floor. The lobby also holds Otis Dozier's 1941 oil mural "Gathering Pecans," showing a family harvesting pecans, one of Arlington's major industries during the Depression. The building was recognized locally for architecture, as a representative of the Colonial Revival style used for hundreds of small-town post offices, and for art, as a good example of the Treasury's public arts program. It served as the post office until 1964 and now houses school district offices. Alterations have been modest.
Significance in brief: It is a good representative example of the Colonial Revival post offices built during the Depression and reflects the standard design of Treasury Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. It also holds Otis Dozier's 1941 mural "Gathering Pecans," a good example of the Treasury Department's post office mural program and an important work by a regional artist.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 00000188, listed March 9, 2000. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 200 W. Main St., Arlington |
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| County | Tarrant County |
| Listed | March 9, 2000 |
| Reference number | 00000188 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1939-1950 |
| Architect / builder | Federal Works Agency, Public Building Administration (standard plan designed by Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Art |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Post office use ended in 1964 when a larger facility replaced it; deeded to the Arlington Independent School District in 1965, it currently houses school district offices (tax office). Few alterations, and it retains most of its integrity. |
| Acreage | 0.4 |
| Coordinates | 32.73637, -97.10854 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 00000188.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q107319629
- This listing as JSON
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