Marker Inscription
Politics/Government, Architecture
Historic Place
US Post Office--Pampa Main
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About this site
US Post Office--Pampa Main is a historic place in Pampa, Gray County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 4 historic places documented in Gray County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 30 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 35.5359, -100.9604 near Pampa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pampa Post Office Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Methodist Church of Pampa, Pioneer Cottage, and White Deer Land Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2086003236. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Pampa's main post office was built in 1933-34 during the Depression, after the discovery of oil in 1926 spurred a population boom that outgrew the earlier facility. It exhibits Spanish Renaissance Revival influences, with a tile roof, arcaded loggia, elongated rounded windows, and finely crafted stonework, and is one of only three post offices of its size in Texas still in postal use. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sources: texastimetravel.comhmdb.org
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