Former U.S. Post Office - Chickasha, OK 73018 - U.S. Post Offices on Waymarking.com

The lovely three-story limestone block building at 117 N. Fourth Street was built in 1914-1915 as the U.S. Post Office and Federal Courthouse. Court proceedings were continued until the 1950s and post office operations until 1962. The building sat vacant for many years, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 (#94001509).

This building is in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, and remains the only federal building in this style from this era still extant in Oklahoma.

The Historic Register nomination form states as follows: "The most substantial Post Office function involved Money Orders. Chickasha and Oklahoma were in many ways colonial economies, existing upon the rest of the United States for sophisticated manufactured items which usually were purchased by Money Order. Manufacturing within the state of Oklahoma in 1915 was mainly for essential goods. Most items were shipped into the Post Office or the Railway Express system."

The building is currently occupied by Chickasha City Hall. Extensive remodeling has been done to bring the building back to its original splendor. The federal courtroom on the second floor is used for City Council meetings.

The current Chickasha post office is located at 702 W. Kansas Avenue.

Type of structure:: Stand Alone re-enter Zip Code here:: 73018 Current Status:: Former Historic Location

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/21/2016 The Snowdog visited it