Former Post Office - Jefferson, TX 75657
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Raven
N 32° 45.334 W 094° 20.761
15S E 373910 N 3624991
Built in 1890, the 1st floor of this imposing Romanesque building housed the U.S. Post Office of Jefferson, Texas from 1890 until 1964.
Waymark Code: WMWVBC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2017
Views: 3
Erected in 1888 and completed 2 years later, the first floor of this imposing Romanesque building served as the US Post Office of the city of Jefferson (the county seat of Marion County): it was the one and only USPS facility for miles around, and served the local community from 1890 to 1964. The building's second floor was used to house a Federal District Courthouse.
By the early 1960's, the USPS deemed its quarters to be too cramped for day-to-day operations, so it relocated into a completely new stand-alone one-story building just a block North of here -- at 214 W Lafayette St -- in 1964.
In 1965, the Jefferson Historical Society purchased the old Post Office (and Federal Courthouse) building for use as a museum; it now houses the "Jefferson Historical Museum".
In 1966, the Texas State Historical Survey Committee designated the old US Post Office building as a historic landmark. It was also listed in the US National Register of Historical Places in 1969.
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 75657
Current Status:: Former Historic Location
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