Columbus Post Office


Columbus Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	211 S. Dickason Blvd., Columbus, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°20′16″N 89°0′59″W / 43.33778°N 89.01639°W / 43.33778; -89.01639Coordinates: 43°20′16″N 89°0′59″W / 43.33778°N 89.01639°W / 43.33778; -89.01639
Area	less than one acre
Built	1938 (1938)
Architectural style	Art Moderne
MPS	United States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
NRHP Reference #	00001250^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 24, 2000

The Columbus Post Office is the main post office in Columbus, Wisconsin. The post office was built in 1938 by the Public Works Administration and opened in 1939. The brick building was designed in the Art Moderne style. Arnold Blanch painted a mural in the post office in 1940 to honor the founding of Columbus; the mural includes the city's first log cabin settlement, farmers and grains from the area, and depictions of typical 1930s residents of the city.^[2] The post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2000.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Columbus Post Office". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
↑ Charles E. Causier & Joseph Jurkiewicz (1993-12-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Columbus Post Office" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-11-14.

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