- Old Post Office (Iowa City, Iowa)
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Old Post Office
Location: 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, Iowa Coordinates: 41°39′38″N 91°31′52″W / 41.66056°N 91.53111°WCoordinates: 41°39′38″N 91°31′52″W / 41.66056°N 91.53111°W Built: 1904 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: Beaux Arts Governing body: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE NRHP Reference#: 79000905[1] Added to NRHP: April 17, 1979 The Old Post Office is a Beaux Arts-style building in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, United States.[1] Built of Indiana Limestone in 1904, the post office was expanded in 1931. It remained the city's central post office until 1975, when a new facility was built. After two years of vacancy, it was bought by the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center; it was selected over other sites due to its central location. Four years of renovations, concluded in September 1981, resulted in its opening as a senior center.[2] On April 17, 1979, midway through the renovation, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] Today, the center serves thousands of area residents monthly; nearly 90,000 visits were made to the center in 2003, of whom approximately 2/3 were lower-income.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2004-06-03. Accessed 2009-02-21.
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- Buildings and structures completed in 1904
- Beaux-Arts architecture in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Iowa City, Iowa
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
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