Pampa, TX (Main) - 79065
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YoSam.
N 35° 32.190 W 100° 57.632
14S E 322262 N 3934309
Town established 1888 and was named Glascow, re-named Sutton a year later, then when Post Office was established in 1892 it was named Pampa.
Waymark Code: WM71TB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2009
Views: 5
County of PO: Gray County.
Location of Post Office: 120 Foster St., Pampa.
Supervising Architect: James A. Wetmore.
Associate Architects: De Witt and Washburn & T. B. Lippincott.
Postmaster General: James A. Farley.
Secretary of the Treasury: William H. Woodin.
At the junction of US-60 and Tx-Hwys 70, 152, and 273, Pampa is the seat of Gray County. In 1888 a telegraph station on the Southern Kansas Railroad developed here, and was named Glasgow. Renamed Sutton a year later, a post office was established in 1892 and the town was named Pampa by George Tyng, manager of the White Deer Land Company.
In 1902 the town of Pampa was formally platted. Following the discovery of oil in the area in 1926, Pampa experienced a population boom which created a need for a larger Post Office. Built in 1933-34 by the Works Progress Administration, this structure exhibits Spanish Renaissance Revival architectural influences in its elongated rounded windows, tile roof, arcaded loggia and decorative modillions and stone work.
Type of structure:: Stand Alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 79065
Current Status:: Still in Use
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