Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 {Main Post Office}
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condor1
N 38° 50.015 W 104° 49.283
13S E 515502 N 4298324
This US Post Office is located in central Colorado Springs at the southeast corner of Pikes Peak Ave and S. Nevada Ave.
Waymark Code: WM7XXQ
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2009
Views: 10
The first post office in Colorado Springs was established on December 1, 1871 with John Potter as its first postmaster. The building was donated by Winfield Scott Stratton, who discovered and developed one of the richest gold mines on earth in the nearby Cripple Creek and Victor area, and was perhaps the most generous early contributor to those communities and to Colorado Springs.
This building was designed by James Knox Taylor in 1910 for housing the (then) new center for the Colorado Springs Post Office.
The address for this building is
210 Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs 80903
Follow this link for more history about this post office ......
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This building is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places
US Post Office and Federal Courthouse WMY5D
There is also a Benchmark
JK0248 on the side of the building.
Type of structure:: Stand Alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 80903
Current Status:: Still in Use
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