1936 - Mineola Post Office - Mineola, TX
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TeamBPL
N 32° 39.837 W 095° 29.268
15S E 266692 N 3616768
This is the former Mineola Post Office. It is now the Mineola Historical Museum.
Waymark Code: WMNTF7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2015
Views: 6
Built in 1936-37 as a Works Progress Administration project, it served the Mineola Community until 1998 when the post office built a new building on East Broad Street. Today, it is the home of the Mineola Historical Museum. The post office building has been named a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark and is a contributing building in the Mineola Downtown Historic District as listed in the National Register of Historic Properties.
Year of construction: 1936
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Secretary of the Treasury
James A. Farley
Postmaster General
Louis A. Simon
Supervising Architect
Neal A. Melick
Supervising Engineer
1936
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