| Old Post Office | |
| Nrhp Type: | indcp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Partof: | Iowa City Downtown Historic District |
| Partof Refnum: | 100006609 |
| Coordinates: | 41.6606°N -91.5311°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1904, 1931 |
| Added: | April 17, 1979 |
| Refnum: | 79000905 |
The Old Post Office is a Beaux Arts-style building in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Built of Indiana Limestone in 1904, the post office was expanded in 1931. The addition was designed and built in such a way that it is indistinguishable from the original structure.[1] 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 individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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. In 2021, the building was included as a contributing property in the Iowa City Downtown Historic District.[3]