With its low rectangular form, wide heavy eaves, red-tiled hipped roof, and seven-bay arcaded porch, the Italian Renaissance-inspired post office contrasts with the classical Mary Jane Lampton Auditorium (see SC11) across the street, built the same year. While earthy tones dominate the brick exterior, the lobby’s white plaster finishes create a bright light-filled space. The building is the earliest in town documented as incorporating brick from the Brookhaven Pressed Brick Company, established in 1906.
Probably employing brick from the same company, the First United Methodist Church (1916–1917; 215 W. Cherokee) combines a classical temple front with geometric-patterned Arts and Crafts brick and stonework in a design by John Gaisford of Memphis.