U.S. Post Office

219 Mills Ave., El Paso, Texas. County/parish: El Paso.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 19, 1984. NRIS 84001662.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Downtown Station
  • Old Main Post Office

From Wikipedia:

U.S. Post Office (El Paso)

The U.S. Post Office is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1916, and designed in the Beaux Arts architectural style. The lobby is "topped by a massive, paneled, saucer-shaped dome", and the rest of the lobby includes "polished marble" and "huge, rounded, ornamental grills of bronze." The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 19, 1984.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971853