OLD LATTA POST OFFICE

In May 1888, a United States Post Office was authorized for Latta. Frank M. Monroe supervised the mail service until Robert Rose Bethea was officially appointed postmaster in July 1890. Mr. Bethea was a respected African American merchant, who distributed the mail from a latticed corner of his store on Main Street.

The photo at right shows the original Post Office building, a one-room weatherboard structure and the first stand-alone post office.