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Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse is a Neo-classical building located in
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History

The building was erected between 1931 and 1933, opening on November 27, 1933. It served as a
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 ser ...
, and as a
court house A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English- ...
of the
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. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983. The building remained an active post office for several more years. Control of the building was turned over to the city in 2002 for use as a
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
and
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Mob Museum

The building was restored and renovated into the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement in February 2012.


Sources


Historic Federal Building web site


References


External links



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