U.S. Post Office Department Mail Equipment Shops

ID: 3488 ~ Source: National Register Nomination Form ~ Creator: Sarah Groesbeck, photographer ~ Date: July 11, 2014
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U.S. Post Office Department Mail Equipment Shops

First Floor, Receiving Room, Looking West Toward Entrance Vestibule

This file appears in: US Post Office Department Mail Equipment Shops

This warehouse-type building was erected in 1918 by the Post Office Department in order to centralize the manufacture and repair of mail sacks, locks, boxes, and other equipment for the entire US postal system. By the 1930s, the building housed 500…