Davenport / Davenport Post Office

Davenport

Established Immediately After

Sept. 22, 1891 Land Run

Rural Trading Crossroads and

Stagecoach Stop 4 Miles

South of Present Location

Davenport Post Office

Established March 29, 1892

Nettie Davenport, First Postmaster

Town Moved to Present Location

On Railroad in 1898

Marker is on Broadway near 3rd Street, on the right ...

Charles Town Post Office

Jefferson County Jail

On the site of this Post Office stood the Jefferson County Jail where John Brown and his fellow prisoners were confined after their raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859.

After court trial John Brown was taken from the ...

Colonial Post Office

Here was Newpost, headquarters of Alexander Spotswood (Governor of Virginia, 1710-22), Deputy Postmaster General for the colonies, 1730-39. Spotswood also had an iron furnace here.

Marker is on Tidewater Trail (Virginia Route 2) 0.6 miles east of Jim Morris Road (County ...

Red Rock Post Office

Established June 14, 1887. A small conical

red peak gave Red Rock its name. Red Rock

was a major cattle shipping point via the

S.P. Railroad. This post office celebrated its

Centennial in June 1987

Marker is on East Cam Correo south of Interstate 10, ...

First Settlement and Post Office

One fourth mile east from this point is the site of the first settlement in 1857 and the first Post Office in 1876 of St. Petersburg, then called Pinellas.

Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street South and Bayside Drive ...

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

James A. Wetmore, Architect

This impressive limestone building with its two-story Ionic colonnade is one of Madison's finest examples of the neo-classical revival style. Wetmore was acting supervising architect for the Department of the Treasury and this and similar designs were ...

Main Post Office

This beautiful building was designed by Ralph Wyckoff to house San José’s Main Post Office. It was built as a W.P.A. project in 1933 and is a prime example of Depression-Era federal construction. The terra cotta work on the building’s ...

Topaz Post Office

Near this location, records show establishment of a post office at Topaz, Mono County, California, February 20, 1885. Discontinued in 1922, it was re-established in June, 1926. Nearby could also be found a school, way-station, blacksmith shop, and other facilities ...