The Cañon City Post Office and Federal Building in

Cañon City, Colorado Cañon City is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 17,141 at the 2020 United States Census. Cañon City is the principal city of t ...

, was built in 1931. It was listed 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 v ...

in 1986 as U.S. Post Office and Federal Building–Cañon City Main. It has also been known as the Cañon City Main Post Office. Architecturally, it is a rigidly symmetrical building that is "an extremely late example of Italian

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

" style. Its front facade features seven arches, one over the front entrance and the others over windows. With .

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National Register of Historic Places in Fremont County, Colorado Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Renaissance Revival architecture in Colorado Government buildings completed in 1931 Fremont County, Colorado {{Colorado-NRHP-stub