Marker Inscription
Politics/Government, Architecture
Historic Place
Jacksonville Post Office
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About this site
Jacksonville Post Office is a historic place in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, dedicated in 2004. It is one of 3 historic places documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 245 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.9638, -95.2703 near Jacksonville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jacksonville Independent School District (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include First United Methodist Church of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Oldest Home in, and First Free Public School.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2003001417. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Completed in 1933, this was the first federal building constructed in Cherokee County. Designed under U.S. Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore, it combines Classical Revival forms with Art Deco and Moderne detailing typical of Depression-era federal architecture. The building housed the Jacksonville post office until 2000, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, and reopened as a coffee house in 2021.
Sources: livingnewdeal.orgtheeasttexasweekend.comcherokeecountytexas.us
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