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 79 by 137 feet (24 m × 42 m). 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 under its historic name U.S. Post Office and Custom House.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Clatsop County, Oregon
References
External links
- National Register of Historic Places photographic file
- Significant U.S. Post Offices In Oregon â€" 1900 to 1941 â€" Thematic Resources, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
- Media related to United States Post Office (Astoria, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons
