The former Reno Main Post Office, located at 50 S. Virginia St. in Reno, Nevada, was built in 1933. The post office was designed by noted Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps and was built by the MacDonald Engineering Co., of Chicago, at cost of $363,660. This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. as U.S. Post Office-Reno Main. This building was deemed "an outstanding example of a combined post office and federal office building for a medium-sized city." According to its 1990 NRHP nomination this is the sole post office built by the U.S. government in Nevada that has Art Deco/Moderne styling, but it is overall " Starved Classical" in style. and In 1986, a lowered ceiling and improved lighting led to gains in the energy efficiency of the building, as well as improvements in the efficiency of mail sorting. In 2007, this Reno Post Office building was repurposed as a business office building, named 'West Elm'. The main Reno Post Office is now located on Vassar Street.

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* Buildings and structures in Reno, Nevada History of Reno, Nevada Government buildings completed in 1933 Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada National Register of Historic Places in Reno, Nevada Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps buildings Art Deco architecture in Nevada {{Nevada-NRHP-stub