Historical Marker Series

Postal Mail and Philately

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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMX7Y_old-eau-gallie-post-office-and-surrounding-area_Melbourne-FL.html
This building was the Eau Gallie Post Office circa 1900-1925. Before the advent of automobiles, old-timers recall tying their horses and buggies to the big oak tree in the back. The building just south of the Post Office was Eau Gallie's first theater, o…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMXGN_u-s-post-office-department_Washington-DC.html
Inscription above the frieze, center, west side entablature: The Post Office Department, in its ceaseless labors, pervades every channel of commerce and every theatre of human enterprise, and while visiting, as it does kindly every fireside, mingles with…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMXT9_topaz-post-office_Coleville-CA.html
Near this location, records show establishment of a post office at Topaz, Mono County, California, February 20, 1885. Discontinued in 1922, it was re-established in June, 1926. Nearby could also be found a school, way-station, blacksmith shop, and other fac…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMY20_first-settlement-and-post-office_St-Petersburg-FL.html
One fourth mile east from this point is the site of the first settlement in 1857 and the first Post Office in 1876 of St. Petersburg, then called Pinellas.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZ3K_old-mail-route_Catoosa-OK.html
About ½ mile S-W is the site of Fort Spunky, a relay station on the Old Star Mail between St. Louis and California. After the War Between the States, Catoosa was founded as the post office with John Gunter Schrimsher (1835-1905) an uncle of Will Rogers as …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZGH_fort-worth-main-post-office-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
The Fort Worth Post Office was established in 1856 with pioneer settler Julian Field serving as Postmaster. The central offices were moved here in 1933 when this building was completed. Designed by the Fort Worth firm of Wyatt C. Hedrick, it features interi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZSN_atchison-post-office_Atchison-KS.html
On the RegisterofNational HistoricPlaces
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZVA_the-u-s-post-office_Sanford-FL.html
The U.S. Post Office Building was built in 1917 by Algernon Blair of Montgomery, Alabama with James Wetmore serving as the supervising architect. The Post Office opened for business August 1, 1918. It is typical of buildings constructed by the U.S. Governme…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZZN_federal-building_Grand-Island-NE.html
Originally designed as a U.S. Post Office and Court House, the Grand Island Federal Building opened on November 26, 1910. It was designed by James Knox Taylor and cost $108,000. The 1935 west-wing addition was designed by local architect, Charles W. Steinba…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM107L_lindsborg-post-office_Lindsborg-KS.html
has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
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