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]