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El Viejo 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 ...
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downtown Modesto Downtown Modesto affectionately called "DoMo" by many Modesto residents is the principal administrative area and historic townsite of Modesto, California. Measuring a square-mile, it is bordered by the Needham and Downey Streets to the north, Was ...
.National Register of Historic Places in Stanislaus County
Retrieved January 20, 2011. Built in 1933, the post office houses murals depicting pastoral scenes. The building's roof is made entirely of
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tiles. The building remained a U.S. Post Office until 2011 when it was closed and the Federal Government auctioned off the building. It was purchased by an investment group and remodeled, however the original murals that were intact at the end of the Postal service era remain intact. Some of the original murals were removed and lost after a remodeling of the post office in 1960, however two were found recently. The Federal government took the lost murals into custody prior to them being re-hung in their original place. The building currently houses a law office, although the murals and some of the original brass post office boxes remain on display.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Stanislaus County, California __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Stanislaus County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Stanislaus Coun ...
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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 ...
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List of United States post office murals This is a list of United States post office murals, produced in the United States from 1934 to 1943 through commissions from the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. The principal objective of the United States ...


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Buildings and structures in Modesto, California Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Buildings and structures in Stanislaus County, California National Register of Historic Places in Stanislaus County, California {{Postal-stub