1931 - Main Post Office ~ Nephi, Utah - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

The post office is the first federally-constructed building in the city and is a manifestation of the federal presence during a time of national economic emergency. The construction of the post office represents over two decades of effort on the part of local citizens, through their elected representatives in Washington, D.C., to secure a federal building. As early as 1913, Congress had authorized a post office site for Nephi. A site was purchased in 1918, but federal economies did not allow a building appropriation. Even after the 1926 Public Buildings Act, Nephi was not granted a federal building postal receipts were too low. Finally, with strong lobbying by Senator William H. King, and rumored manipulation of postal receipts by local citizens, the building was granted. The building was constructed in the early years of the Depression and thus predates the massive federal buildings programs which followed soon thereafter. It is also notable that the post office occupies a site that represents a continuum of public buildings in the city, dating back to 1852 when a meeting house was first constructed on the site (later followed by a tithing office).

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