The Dabney Post Office is a historic
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
located on
Kentucky Route 39
Kentucky Route 39 (KY 39) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The route, part of the State Secondary System, exists in two segments, separated at the Madison- Jessamine county line by the Kentucky River. While there is a boat ramp o ...
in
Dabney Dabney may refer to:
Places in the United States
*Dabney, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Dabney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
*Dabney, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Dabney, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
* Da ...
,
Kentucky
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. The one-story wood-frame building served as Dabney's community store and post office. Ped May built the post office around 1900; May ran both the store and the post office. The post office served as the social hub of Dabney, a common function of combination store and post office buildings in Pulaski County; the Dabney Post Office is one of the few surviving buildings of this type. The post office closed in the 1960s.
The post office was added to 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 ...
on August 14, 1984.
See also
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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
External links
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Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Pulaski County, Kentucky
1900 establishments in Kentucky
Commercial buildings completed in 1900
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