The most modernist of period post offices, the tall, one-story, flat-roofed structure is subtly asymmetrical, six bays on the front and seven on the side formed by square white stucco columns and a flush lintel. Glazed grids fill the bays, making the composition look like an airy pavilion. Inside is a pair of stone figural reliefs, West Texas (1948), by Houston sculptor William McVey.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Lamb County Library (U.S. Post Office)", [Littlefield, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-PP12.
Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 374-374.
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