United States Post Office (Astoria, Oregon) Explained

U.S. Post Office and Custom House
Nrhp Type:cp
Partof:Astoria Downtown Historic District[1]
Partof Refnum:98000631
Location:750 Commercial Street
Astoria, Oregon
Coordinates:46.1893°N -123.8352°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of U.S. Post Office, Astoria
Built:1933
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:March 4, 1985
Refnum:85000542
Mpsub:Significant US Post Offices in Oregon 1900–1941 TR
Nocat:yes

The United States Post Office in Astoria, Oregon, United States, is a historic building constructed in 1933. It is a two-story building on a raised basement. Its exterior dimensions are 79feetx137feetft (xft). Its 11-bay front facade is divided by flat fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals supporting a full entablature, with a balustraded parapet above, and a red-tiled hipped roof rising behind that. Its foundations had to be blasted by dynamite.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 under its historic name U.S. Post Office and Custom House.[3] [4]

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