The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in
Lander, Wyoming
Lander is a city in Wyoming, United States, and the county seat of Fremont County. It is in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River, just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. It is a tourism center with several nea ...
was built in 1907 as part of a facilities improvement program by the
United States Post Office Department
The United States Post Office Department (USPOD; also known as the Post Office or U.S. Mail) was the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, in the form of a Cabinet department, officially from 1872 to 1971. It was headed by the postmas ...
. The
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 ...
in Lander was nominated 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 ...
as part of a thematic study comprising twelve
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
post offices built to standardized USPO plans in the early twentieth century. Lander's post office is unique among the group because it incorporates court facilities.
The building is now used as offices for a rehabilitation and disabilities advocacy group.
References
External links
* at the National Park Service's NRHP database
Federal District Courthouse, District of Wyoimingat Courthouses of the West
Buildings and structures in Fremont County, Wyoming
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
Federal courthouses in the United States
Government buildings completed in 1907
Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
National Register of Historic Places in Fremont County, Wyoming
Lander, Wyoming
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