Postal Mail and Philately
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This building was erected in October of 1897 as F.E. Cornell's Country Emporium, the first commercial building in town. In December 1897, a corner of the store was set aside as a post office and officially designated "Encinal". Since another post office was…
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Evinston Community Store and Post OfficeThe Evinston community store, originally a warehouse, was built of heart pine in 1884 by W.P. Shettleworth. it was bought by Joseph Wolfenden, who first operated it as a store. The post office, established in 1882 was…
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City of Berkeley Landmarkdesignated in 1980Berkeley's elegant Main Post Office is representative of the Second Renaissance Revival style, also called Neo-Classical Revival. Government buildings constructed in this era were designed to "educate and develop t…
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Site of StoreIn Which WasLocated AnEarly Post Office1824 - 1841
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This Kimble County landmark was named for a nearby canyon from which trees were cut for telegraph poles in the mid-19th century. The store and post office were built about 1890-1900. The first commissioned postmistress was Ruth Holmes in 1900. For many year…
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In the first half of the 20th Century, Arlington County changed from a handful of separate neighborhoods to a cohesive community with its own identity and government. The establishment of a central post office was a major factor in this transformation. Buil…
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On November 24, 1896, the United States Post Office Department established Pennsylvania's first two rural mail routes here in Westmoreland County. One operated from the post office here in New Stanton; the other operated out of nearby Ruffsdale (later spell…
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Side 1: Site of U.S. Post Office Reynoldsville, Georgia
On this site was situated the Reynoldsville Post Office from April 5, 1898 to April 20, 1913. The community was named by the Post Office Department in honor of Reuben Arthur Reynolds who served as …
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This property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historical Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
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Seneca, in 1938, was a city awakening from the Great Depression; the construction of a new post office was a sign that things were improving. This Colonial Revival building is noteworthy for its lobby mural painted in 1940 under a New Deal arts program.
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