Showing posts with label Historic Post Offices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historic Post Offices. Show all posts

Thursday, February 16, 2023

The first two historic post offices put at risk by the S&DC plan

The first two historic post offices put at risk by the S&DC plan

From the article: "The post office on 321 Main Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts...The post office at 421 Jenks Avenue in Panama City, Florida...This month two historic post offices are being put at risk, but it’s only the beginning."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com

Monday, January 11, 2016

Historic post office mural lies hidden under paint

Historic post office mural lies hidden under paint

From the article: "...according to historians, underneath the beige paint — and maybe more layers than that — is the 12-foot by 6-foot mural painted by Donald Hall Robertson titled “Lumber Region of Mississippi.” A website dedicated to historic preservation in Mississippi, Misspreservation.com, includes an article about the downtown post office’s mural by local historian Mark Davis..."


Article Reference: www.hattiesburgamerican.com
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Auctioning off historic post offices

Save Historic Post Offices From the Auction Block

From the article: "...The National Register of Historic Places has designated 2,530 postal buildings as worthy of preservation. Under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the register is administered by the National Park Service as part of a national program “to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources”..."


Article Reference: www.apwu.org