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Old Post Office (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Old Post Office, or Former Post Office, may refer to: Belgium * Old Post Office (Ghent) Serbia * Old Post Office (Belgrade) United Kingdom * Old Post Office, Bristol * Tintagel Old Post Office, Tintagel United States ''(ordered by state and city)'' * Old Athens, Alabama Main Post Office in Athens, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places * Old Brick Post Office in Wickenburg, Arizona, NRHP-listed * Old Camden Post Office in Camden, Arkansas, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Old Post Office (Fayetteville, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Old Post Office (Hot Springs, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Little Rock U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, also known as the Old Post Office and Courthouse, Little Rock, Arkansas, NRHP-listed * Old Post Office (Mena, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Old Post Office (Santa Rosa, California), listed on the NRHP in California * Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.), District of Columbia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office (Ghent)
Old Post Office, or Former Post Office, may refer to: Belgium * Old Post Office (Ghent) Serbia * Old Post Office (Belgrade) United Kingdom * Old Post Office, Bristol * Tintagel Old Post Office, Tintagel United States ''(ordered by state and city)'' * Old Athens, Alabama Main Post Office in Athens, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places * Old Brick Post Office in Wickenburg, Arizona, NRHP-listed * Old Camden Post Office in Camden, Arkansas, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Old Post Office (Fayetteville, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Old Post Office (Hot Springs, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Little Rock U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, also known as the Old Post Office and Courthouse, Little Rock, Arkansas, NRHP-listed * Old Post Office (Mena, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Old Post Office (Santa Rosa, California), listed on the NRHP in California * Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.), District of Columbia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Chicago Main Post Office
The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall building in downtown Chicago. The original building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921, but the structure was expanded greatly in 1932 in order to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, swollen by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward (the largest retailer in the United States) and of Sears (its competitor). The Old Post Office is home to many corporate offices including Walgreens, Ferrara Candy Company, PepsiCo, Cisco Systems, Uber, CBOE, Home Chef, and more. History The original 1922 structure was a brick-sided mail terminal building, sited just east of the main building that spans the Eisenhower Expressway as it turns into Ida B. Wells Drive. Major expansion in 1932 added a total of nine floors for more than , or 2.5 million square feet (230,000 m²), of floorspace. Its footprint, as initially designed, would have blocked the proposed Congress Parkway extension; as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
The Old Post Office is the oldest surviving federal building in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Located at the northwest corner of Fourth and Gold in downtown Albuquerque, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style building was built in 1908 under the supervision of architect James Knox Taylor. Several federal agencies were initially housed in the Post Office building but it quickly became overcrowded, necessitating the construction of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse next door in 1930. The post office remained in the older building until 1972. Today the interior of the Old Post Office has been remodeled to house the Amy Biehl Charter High School. The Old Post Office was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a part of a complex of Albuquerque federal buildings that includes the National Register-listed U.S. Courthouse (b. 1930), the former Federal Building (b. 1960) at 517 Gold SW, and the Chavez Federal Building (b. 1965). History When, in 1907, Albuquerque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office Block
The Old Post Office Block is a historic commercial building at 54-72 Hanover Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. Built in 1876, it is a local landmark of Victorian Italianate commercial architecture, serving as the main post office, and as a newspaper publishing house for many years. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The Old Post Office Block is located in Manchester's downtown business district, on the north side of Hanover Street between two other historic buildings, the Harrington-Smith Block (once home to the Strand Theater) and the Palace Theatre. It is three stories in height, built out of brick with a projecting bracketed cornice at the top of its facade. The facade is fifteen bays wide, divided into groups of five by brick pilasters. The outer groups have second-floor windows with peaked lintels, and third-floor windows with shouldered flat lintels. The central section windows are more elaborately fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office (Concord, New Hampshire)
The Legislative Office Building of the New Hampshire State Legislature is a government office building across North State Street from the New Hampshire State House in Concord, New Hampshire. Built in 1889, it is one of the state's largest buildings built out of locally quarried granite. It was originally used as a post office and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office. It was also included in the Concord Civic District in 1983. Description and history New Hampshire's Legislative Office Building is located just west of the state capitol, occupying an entire city block bounded by North State Street, Capitol Street, Park Street, and Green Street. It is a large two-story granite structure, built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with a Chateauesque hip roof crowned by iron cresting. The walls are finished in a rough-hewn texture, although the walls of the raised basement are smooth. The main facade faces east, and is dominated by an arcad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office (Omaha, Nebraska)
The Old Post Office was located at 16th and Dodge Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1898, the building was demolished in 1966. During the process of being demolished, the building, along with the Old City Hall, became a rallying force for historic preservation in Omaha. About The Old Post Office began construction in 1892 with $1.2 million in appropriations from the federal government. The outside of the building was covered with St. Cloud pink granite on the first story; on the next three floors sandstone was used. Polished granite columns held up stone archways on each of the five entrances, and on the east side was the main entrance. It was capped with a clock tower, with clocks on all four sides. A copper roof covered the entire building, except for the atrium court in the center, which was covered by a -square skylight. In the early years the building was identified as "The Custom House". A formal opening was held in 1898; however, because of delays the building was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old US Post Office (Philadelphia, Mississippi)
The Old U.S. Post Office in Philadelphia, Mississippi was built in 1936. It is a structure of historical significance, being one of 32 federal post offices built in Mississippi during the Great Depression as part of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ... public buildings program. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1995. The building currently houses the Philadelphia police department. References External links {{commonscat-inline Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Neshoba County, Mississippi Government buildings completed in 1935 Neoclassical architecture in Mississippi Philadelphia, Missis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office Building (Lynn, Massachusetts)
The Old Post Office Building is a historic building in Lynn, Massachusetts. The two-story Colonial Revival building was built in 1897 to serve as the growing city's new post office. It is one of the city's best examples of Colonial Revival styling, and features distinctive copper sheathed domes. The building was expanded c. 1912 with a wing in the back, and replaced by the present post office in 1933. It has since been used principally as an office building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts * National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts *List of United States post offices Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or of the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include in ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office Building (Brockton, Massachusetts)
The Old Post Office Building is a historic building in Brockton, Massachusetts. The two story brick Colonial Revival-style post office was built in 1898 and expanded in 1932. It was designed under the auspices of the federal government's supervising architect, James Knox Taylor, as a copy of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The building was renovated in 1977 and became home of the Brockton Public Schools central administration offices. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. See also * Brockton City Hall *National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts *List of United States post offices Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or of the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include in ... References Brockton Buildings and structures in Brockton, Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office (Liberty, Maine)
The Old Post Office, also known as the Old Octagonal Post Office, is an historic octagon-shaped former U.S. post office building located on Main Street in Liberty, Maine. The town of Liberty boasts that the building, which was built in 1870, is "the only octagonal post office in the United States". The building, which "has all its original equipment" is now the home of the Liberty Historical Society, which opens it to the public on Saturdays during the summer. On June 19, 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Description and history The Old Post Office is located in Liberty's village center, set close to the south side of Main Street (Maine State Route 173), two doors east of the public library. It is a small single-story eight-sided wood-frame structure, covered by a low-pitch octagonal roof and clapboard siding. It has no foundation beyond a small amount of rubblestone to provide a level surface, and is built on top of hand-sawn beams measuring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office (Augusta, Maine)
The Old Post Office and Court House is a historic former federal government building at 295 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1886-1890, it is one of Maine's finest surviving examples of Romanesque Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Design and Construction The former Post Office and Court House stands on the east side of Water Street, Augusta's principal commercial downtown thoroughfare, at the southeast corner with Winthrop and Front Streets. It is a symmetrical 2-1/2 story granite structure with a central tower, flanked on either side by a wall and smaller tower. It was designed by Mifflin E. Bell (1846-1904), the Supervising Architect of the US Treasury Department. Bell's term ended July 1887, and his successor William Alfred Freret finished the job, and the building opened in January 1890. The cost of construction was $178,281.20. It contained 427,600 cubic feet, was heated by steam, and contained a hyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Post Office (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
The Baton Rouge City Club, also known as the Old Post Office, is a historic three-story building at 355 North Blvd in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was built in 1895 as a U.S. post office building. Its NRHP nomination asserts:The Old Post Office is one of the finest and most pretentious examples of turn-of-the- 0thcentury Renaissance Revival architecture in the state. Few other comparable buildings in Louisiana can boast such a high degree of stylistic sophistication and close adherence to Italian prototypes and such extensive use of terra cotta ornamentation, In its day, its design stood at the forefront of architectural development in the state. witphoto and two maps The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980. It was also included in the Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District at the time of its creation on November 10, 2009. wit23 photos and three maps See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
