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  2. Old Chicago Main Post Office - Wikipedia

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    The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall office building in downtown Chicago.The building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921. The structure of the building was expanded greatly in 1932 in order to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, increased significantly by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward (the largest retailer in the ...

  3. Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers - Wikipedia

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    The Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers was a proposed mixed use supertall skyscraper planned as part of the canceled Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment project in the Chicago Loop community area. The 120-story twin towers were planned to reach a height of 2,000 feet (610 m), the same as the cancelled Chicago Spire that began ...

  4. List of postmasters of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    A a post office was first established in Chicago on March 8, 1831, with Johnathan N. Baily, a fur trader, being appointed Chicago's first postmaster.. Chicago was long the hub of the Railway Mail Service of the United States.

  5. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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    The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

  6. List of United States post office murals - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Main Post Office Mural Maps: Charles Turzak: 1937 ... In Old Post Office included in the NRHP-listed Downtown Booneville Historic District. [95] 1998

  7. Chicago Federal Building - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois was constructed between 1898 and 1905 for the purpose of housing the Midwest 's federal courts, main post office, and other government bureaus. It stood in The Loop neighborhood on a block bounded by Dearborn, Adams and Clark Streets and Jackson Boulevard. The site held an 1880 post office ...

  8. List of United States post offices - Wikipedia

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    United States Post Office-Old Town Main, in Old Town, listed on the NRHP in Maine United States Post Office-Orono Main , in Orono, listed on the NRHP in Maine Post Office, Portland, Maine , designed by Alfred B. Mullett , demolished in 1965

  9. 'A lot of people have memories': Demolition of old downtown ...

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    Crews work at razing the old post office building on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in downtown Port Huron with the view of the St. Clair River in the background. According to the city, the commercial ...