Old Clovis Post Office Explained

Old Clovis Post Office
Location:4th and Mitchell Sts., Clovis, New Mexico
Coordinates:34.4028°N -103.2164°W
Built:1931
Architecture:Classical Revival, Mission/spanish Revival
Added:December 27, 1984
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:84000573

The Old Clovis Post Office at 4th and Mitchell Sts. in Clovis, New Mexico is a former post office built in 1931. It includes elements of Classical Revival and Mission/Spanish Revival architecture. It has also served as the Clovis-Carver Public Library.

It is a two-story building with a hipped and flat roof, built on an ashlar sandstone basement. It has various tan shades of brick in its walls and its roof is light-brown and orange tile.

The building is significant as a public works project during the Great Depression.[1]

It was built in the same year as the Hotel Clovis,[1] which is also NRHP-listed.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84000573}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Clovis Post Office / Clovis-Carver Public Library ]. National Park Service. David Kammer . Chris Wilson . October 1, 1984 . September 22, 2017. With .