United States Post Office (The Dalles, Oregon)
The former United States Post Office in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, is a historic building constructed in 1916. Executed from standardized federal plans in the Greek Revival style, it was the first federal building in The Dalles and one of a set of nine built in Oregon in the 1910s. It remained in operation as a post office longer than seven of the other eight in that group.[1] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[3][4]
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| Location | 100 W. 2nd Street The Dalles, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°36′09″N 121°11′05″W |
| Area | 0.33 acres (0.13 ha)[1] |
| Built | 1916 |
| Built by | Campbell Construction Company[1] |
| Architect | Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect, U.S. Department of the Treasury[1] |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical/Greek Revival |
| Part of | The Dalles Commercial Historic District[2] (ID86002953) |
| MPS | Significant US Post Offices in Oregon 1900–1941 TR[3][4] |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000545 |
| Added to NRHP | March 4, 1985 |
References
- Kolva, H. J. (August 31, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form for Federal Properties: U.S. Post Office, The Dalles, Oregon (PDF), retrieved August 2, 2013.
- Dodds, Linda; Schneider, Ted; Donovan, Sally (August 1997), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Dalles Commercial Historic District (1997 Update) (PDF), retrieved August 1, 2013.
- National Park Service (March 15, 1985), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 29, retrieved May 30, 2017.
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved May 30, 2017.
External links
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- National Register of Historic Places photographic file
- Significant U.S. Post Offices In Oregon – 1900 to 1941 – Thematic Resources, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
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