Cairo,IL 62914 - Retired
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 37° 00.167 W 089° 10.319
16S E 306739 N 4097386
Historic customhouse, courthouse and post office in Cairo, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WM6BGN
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2009
Views: 5
The Old Customhouse was constructed beginning in 1869 and completed in 1872. The building was designed by Alfred B. Mullet, chief architect in the Treasury Department, in an Italianate style. The building was a Post Office on the first floor, government offices on the second and a federal district courtroom on the third.
Due to its location at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers this post office was the third busiest post office in the United States during the rapid expansion to the west following the Civil War.
"The building is one of the largest monumental government buildings dating from the nineteenth century in the entire mid-Mississippi Valley. As such, it is an important link with the history and former prosperity and grandeur of that era of river commerce" - National Register Nomination Form
The building is now used as a museum. The current post office is located in the next block to the north.
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 62914
Current Status:: Retired
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