Lincoln Park Post Office - Lincoln Park, MI
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N 42° 15.022 W 083° 10.716
17T E 320278 N 4679872
Located on the southwest side of Southfield Road, between Fort Park Boulevard and Forrest Street. Parking is available on Forrest.
Waymark Code: WM1JKK
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2007
Views: 66
From the Michigan Historical Marker on-site:
The 1938 Lincoln Park Post Office was the first non-branch post office in this Detroit suburb. Erected by the United States Treasury Department, the building marked Lincoln Park's coming of age as a city with a large enough population to warrant its own facility. Architect Louis A. Simon designed the classicist building, which is typical of Depression era architecture. The building's interior was lavishly decorated with special materials including several types of marble, birch paneling, and maple flooring. Although sparse in detail, three carved stone panels above the main entrance symbolize the modes of transportation by which mail was delivered at the time: by surface, by air, and by water.
Street address: 1335 Southfield Road Lincoln Park, MI U.S.A. 48146-2370
County / Borough / Parish: Wayne County
Year listed: 2004
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture, Social History
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Historic function: Government
Current function: Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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