The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country’s history of over two centuries of independence and former Spanish and British rule.
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Post office buildings of the United States in the early 1900s |
Architecture in the United States has been shaped by many internal and external factors and regional distinctions. As a whole it represents a rich eclectic and innovative tradition.
As these pictures of post office buildings from
Click Americana show, a lot of architecture from around 1900 was built on a grand scale. Take a look back to the United States Postal Service’s glory days at the turn of the 20th century when the post office buildings were stunning, stately and stylish, and a pride of every city’s downtown.
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Post office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900 |
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The New Post Office, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1901 |
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Baltimore, Maryland post office, 1903 |
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St Paul, Minnesota old post office, 1905 |
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Buffalo, New York post office, circa 1900-06 |
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Chicago post office, Illinois, 1906 |
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Minneapolis Post Office, Minnesota, 1908 |
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Chestnut Street and post office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1900s |
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City Hall Station Post Office, New York, circa 1900s |
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Custom House and Post Office, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1900s |
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Post Office and Custom House, Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1900s |
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Post office building with clocktower in Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Albany, New York, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Augusta, Georgia, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1900s |
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Post Office, New York City, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Port Huron, Michigan, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Saginaw, Michigan, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Scranton, Pennsylvania, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Toledo, Ohio, circa 1900s |
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Post office, Troy, New York, circa 1900s |
hard to believe.
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