Friday, May 16, 2014

May 16th Next, the two locations for National Register of Historic Places in Perry-

There were but 2 places on the Register for Perry, one was the Old Post Office, the other is the Old Taylor County Jail House.  

First, the Old Post Office: OLD PERRY POST OFFICE 201 E. Green St. 1935. Masonry Vernacular with Mediterranean Revival elements. 1 story. Only public building erected in the county by the Public Works Administration, a Depression Era effort to provide employment. George Snow Hill, prominent Florida painter, was given a government grant to execute a mural. Entitled Cypress Logging, it is now found in the new post office. Public. N.R. 1989.




Today, it is re purposed at the Admin Bldg for the county.
The mural they mentioned is actually hanging in the new post office building, here it is:

Down the street a bit is the old Jail Building:



400 block of N. Washington St. 1912. Masonry Vernacular. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, architect. 2 stories. T-shaped, with hipped roof. The oldest remaining public building in Taylor County. One of the few remaining jails with a sheriff's residence in Florida. Private. N.R. 1989.

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