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Title: New Post Office, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Post Office
Description: Looking southwest at the two-story limestone and granite post office building designed by architect James Knox Taylor and completed in 1910 at a cost of $488,016.67. It was the first federally-sponsored post office in Des Moines specifically designed for only that purpose. Post operations had previously been on the first floor of the "Old Federal Building" at Fifth and Court Avenue (built 1870, razed 1968) beginning in 1870. Postal operations moved from the Walnut Street building in 1971 to a much larger facility at Second and University Avenue. This building is used for county offices. It is located on East Walnut Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 604.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14679

Title: Post office, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Post Office
Description: Looking southwest at the two-story limestone and granite post office building designed by architect James Knox Taylor and completed in 1910 at a cost of $488,016.67. It was the first federally-sponsored post office in Des Moines specifically designed for only that purpose. Post operations had previously been on the first floor of the "Old Federal Building" at Fifth and Court Avenue (built 1870, razed 1968) beginning in 1870. Postal operations moved from the Walnut Street building in 1971 to a much larger facility at Second and University Avenue. This building is used for county offices. It is located on East Walnut Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18810