117 E. Jackson Avenue
Ripley, Tennessee
731-635-9691

The one-story red brick Colonial Revival-styled post office in Ripley was built in 1941 by the Works Progress Administration. The building, designed by Louis A. Simon, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The post office contains a mural, "Autumn," painted by government-commissioned artist Marguerite Zorach. Zorach was an American fauvist painter, textile artist, and graphic designer and was an early exponent of modernism in America. During the 1930s there were many murals painted in the country’s post office that commissioned were funded through commissions beginning in 1934 under the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as The Section of Fine Arts). The Section's main function was to select art of high quality to decorate public buildings making art accessible to all people. Zorach’s piece was executed in the early 1940s and shows hunting and nutting in the West Tennessee country.

Visiting the Ripley Post Office and Mural
The Post Office is open during normal business hours but entry to the building is available 24 hours a day allowing the mural to be seen at any time.
There is no charge to visit the Ripley Post Office and Mural.
A note about accessibility: There are no designated handicapped parking spots but visitors can drive up to the main building to be let off. The main building is accessible but many others are not. The restrooms are not constructed to accommodate wheelchairs.