Marker Inscription
Architecture
Historic Place
US Post Office
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About this site
US Post Office is a historic place in Stamford, Jones County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 20 historic places documented in Jones County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 71 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.9447, -99.8024 near Stamford. The nearest cataloged historic site is SMS Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Penick--Hughes Company, Old West Texas Utilities Company, and Old Bryant--Link Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2086002332. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The U.S. Post Office in Stamford is a 1917 Beaux Arts-style building that replaced the town's earlier makeshift postal facility, which had opened in December 1899 in a railroad boxcar. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 1986 as part of the Stamford Multiple Resource Area.
Sources: flickr.comen.wikipedia.org
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