Marker Inscription
Architecture
Historic Place
Post Office Building, Old
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About this site
Post Office Building, Old is a historic place in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, dedicated in 1992. It is one of 13 historic places documented in Nacogdoches County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 232 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6029, -94.6551 near Nacogdoches. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of the Home of John S. Roberts (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Charles Hoya Land Office, Texas Stagecoaches, C.S.A., and On This Site Stood for a Century an Old Stone House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2092000011. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Designed by U.S. Treasury architect James Wetmore, this Classical Revival brick-and-sandstone building at 200 East Main Street was completed in 1917 as the Nacogdoches post office and federal building, opening in February 1918. It later served as the city's public library and now houses the visitor center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Sources: sfasu.educrhr-hrs.orghmdb.org
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