Downtown Burbank Post Office is a post office in Downtown Burbank, California, operated by the

United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U ...

(USPS). It was put on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

(NRHP) on January 11, 1985. Gilbert Stanley Underwood designed the building, which was built under the

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

(WPA), began construction in 1937 and which had its dedication on April 30, 1938. In 2014 the Glenoaks Post Office in Burbank closed, with Downtown Burbank absorbing its functions.

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Buildings and structures in Burbank, California Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Government buildings completed in 1937 1937 establishments in California Works Progress Administration in California {{LosAngeles-geo-stub