The United States Post Office at

Hannibal, Missouri Hannibal is a city along the Mississippi River in Marion County, Missouri, Marion and Ralls County, Missouri, Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,108, ...

, is a federal building previously used as a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

and as a

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...

. It is also known as the Federal Building or the Naval Reserve Center, and is located at 600 Broadway. The building's

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

was

Mifflin E. Bell Mifflin Emlen Bell (October 20, 1847 – May 31, 1904), often known as M.E. Bell, was an American architect who served from 1883 to 1886 as Office of the Supervising Architect, Supervising Architect of the US Treasury Department. Bell delegated ...

, and it was completed in 1888. The building is an excellent example of a late Second Empire architectural style. The

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (in case citations, E.D. Mo.) is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The ...

met in this building until 1960, and the U.S. Circuit Court for that district met here until that court was abolished in 1912. It is now owned by the city. (includes 7 photographs from 1980) It was listed on the

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in 1980 as "Federal Building". It is located in the Central Park Historic District.

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Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri Federal buildings in the United States Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan area Post office buildings in Missouri Federal courthouses in the United States Second Empire architecture in Missouri Government buildings completed in 1888 Buildings and structures in Hannibal, Missouri Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Missouri {{MarionCountyMO-geo-stub