Apalachicola Post Office - Franklin County, Florida, 32320. - U.S. Post Offices on Waymarking.com

"The Apalachicola Post Office was established in 1829. In the early 1920s the post office was located on the first floor of the Masonic Hall, located on Commerce Street between Avenue D and Avenue E. The building is till distinguished with the title “POST OFFICE” stamped in the concrete of the sidewalk in front of the structure.
There were several federal agencies that had offices in Apalachicola at this time: the post office, the customs office, the weather service, and the inspector of steamships. In 1914 Congress passed a bill authorizing the construction of a single building to house all of these agencies under one roof in Apalachicola. The First World War intervened and it was not until 1922 that the contract was awarded to Devault & Dietric Construction Company of Canton, Ohio to build the structure at the corner of Avenue D and Commerce Street. Although the cornerstone has the date of 1922 on it the building was not completed until the following year.
The building was built in the Mediterranean revival style. It is a brick structure with a stucco finish. The roof is of barrel tiles. The first floor of the building houses the post office, while the second floor contains offices. These were used by the various federal agencies present in the town at the time. Over the years these local federal offices have been phased out or relocated. The last federal agency to move out of the upstairs was the weather service. It moved to a building at the Apalachicola airport in the mid-1970s, taking their weather radar, which stood behind the post office building on Commerce Street, with them. The foundation blocks of the radar tower can still be seen at the corner of Commerce Street and Panton Street."
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Address:
20 AVENUE D STE 101 APALACHICOLA, FL 32320 - 2700

Type of structure:: stand alone re-enter Zip Code here:: 32320 - 2700 Current Status:: Still in Use

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