U.S. Post Office - Sulphur Springs, TX, USA - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

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The first post office was established in Sulphur Springs on May 17, 1854. The townspeople chose the name of Bright Star for their post office since a Sulphur Springs already existed in the State. In 1871, the post office was renamed Sulphur Springs to agree with the name of the town. The post office was housed in various buildings in the downtown area without a permanent location.

In 1906, Senator John M. Sheppard introduced an appropriations bill for construction of a post building in Sulphur Springs. This started an almost eight-year process, which ended in a completed building. A treasury department representative located a site for the building in 1908. The lot was purchased in 1909 from the First Christian Church and was located on the northwest corner of Connally and North Davis.

Two years later, in 1911, J.F. McKnight was awarded the contract to build the $50,000 post office building. It was designed by the renowned supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury, James Knox Taylor. His name appears on the original cornerstone.

After many delays of waiting on materials and with some design changes, the building was completed in July, 1914. The beautiful building would serve its community as the post office until 1965 when the post office relocated to Church Street. This historic building was purchased by the City of Sulphur Springs and converted to our public library. It would serve in this capacity until February 22, 2000, when our new library was opened for business. In 2011, work began on a complete restoration of the "Old Post Office". One hundred years after its original completion work was completed, and this stately building will now serve as City Hall. The restored building will serve this community for years to come.

Group that erected the marker: John A. Sellers Mayor and Historian Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 125 S Davis St Sulphur Springs, TX USA 75482 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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