United States Post Office (Scappoose, Oregon) Explained

United States Post Office (Scappoose)
Location:52643 Columbia River Highway
Scappoose, Oregon
Coordinates:45.7594°N -122.8786°W
Map Alt:Locator map
Built:1966
Architect:Stanton, Boles, Maguire & Church
Architecture:Modern
Mpsub:U.S. Post Office Department Facilities in Oregon 1940-1971 MPS
Added:January 31, 2017
Refnum:100000618
Nocat:yes

The United States Post Office building in Scappoose, Oregon, is the current post office serving the local community (as of 2016) and a recognized historic structure. Built in 1966, it is an essentially intact example of the "Thousand Series" facilities built under the direction of the Post Office Department in the late 1950s and the 1960s. These buildings, mostly of a modest, Modern style, represent one component of an evolutionary period in post office design between the PWA-led monumental buildings of the Great Depression and the 1971 reorganization of postal services. This period was marked by rapid growth, technological change, and decreased Congressional support for funding new construction.[1] [2]

The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[3]

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