Former Post Office - Albert, OK 73001
Posted by: hamquilter
N 35° 13.991 W 098° 24.732
14S E 553485 N 3899060
This is a very unique post office building, that will surprise you.
Waymark Code: WM1010G
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2019
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While driving through the very small town of Albert (also known locally as Oney), we saw this tiny vacant building and wondered what it had been - perhaps a fruit stand? A little while later while speaking with a local resident, we learned its amazing story.
Believe it or not, this tiny 8 x 10 concrete block building with its steep gable roof, had once been the town's post office. For many years, the postmistress had suffered the inconvenience of working out of a post office with no running water and no bathroom facilities. Not that many years ago, a portable metal post office building became the new post office.
We were given permission to look inside this building and found nothing but a wall of deep shelving, and a mail drop in the wall. We assume there must have been a portable table and chair at one time. We were told that for a period of time, this post office was the small one in the United States. (We Googled that and found that a 7 x 8 post office in Ochopee, Florida, currently holds that distinction since 1953). Smallest Post Office
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 73001
Current Status:: Former Historic Location
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