United States post offices operate under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Historically, post offices were usually placed in a prominent location. Many were architecturally distinctive, including notable buildings featuring Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, and Vernacular architecture.[1][2] However, modern U.S. post offices were generally designed for functionality rather than architectural style.[2]
Following is a list of United States post offices in Virginia. Notable post offices include individual buildings, whether still in service or not, which have architectural, historical, or community-related significance. Many of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or state and local historic registers.
| Post office | City | Date built | Image | Architect | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Customhouse, Courthouse, and Post Office | Alexandria | 1930 |  |
James A. Wetmore | [a] | [3] |
| U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, now Martin V.B. Bostetter Jr. Federal Courthouse | Alexandria | 1930 |  |
[4] | ||
| United States Post Office (Altavista, Virginia) | Altavista | 1939 | _SAAM-1974.28.31_1.jpg) |
[b] | [5] | |
| United States Post Office (Arlington, Virginia) | Arlington | 1937 |  |
Louis A. Simon | [c] | [6][7] |
| U.S. Post Office (Ashland, Virginia) | Ashland | 1940 | Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick | [a] | [8] | |
| United States Post Office (Berryville, Virginia) | Berryville | 1938 | Louis A. Simon | [c] | [9] | |
| Big Stone Gap Post Office, now C. Bascom Slemp Federal Building | Big Stone Gap | 1911–1913 |  |
James Knox Taylor | [a][c] | [10][11] |
| United States Post Office (Blacksburg, Virginia) | Blacksburg | 1935 |  |
[12] | ||
| Southeast Culinary and Hospitality College (U.S. Post Office Bristol, Virginia) | Bristol | 1930 | James A. Wetmore | [a] | [13] | |
| Brooklyn Store and Post Office | Brooklyn, Halifax County | 1850 |  |
unknown | [c] | [14] |
| Muddy Creek Store and Post Office | Cartersville | c. 1800 | unknown | [a] | [15] | |
| U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, now Jefferson-Madison Regional Library | Charlottesville | 1904, 1908, 1936 | James Knox Taylor, Louis A. Simon | [a] | [16] | |
| U.S. Post Office (Chatham, Virginia) | Chatham | 1935 | Louis A. Simon | [d] | [17] | |
| United States Post Office (Christiansburg, Virginia) | Christiansburg | 1936 |  |
Louis A. Simon | [b][c] | [18][19] |
| U.S. Post Office (Clifton Forge, Virginia) | Clifton Forge | 1909–1910 | James Knox Taylor | [20] | ||
| U.S. Post Office and Courthouse | Danville | 1932 |  |
James A. Wetmore | [21] | |
| Edom Store and Post Office | Edom | 1835 |  |
unknown | [c] | [22] |
| Franklin Post Office | Emporia | 1916–1917 | James Knox Taylor | [a] | [23] | |
| U.S. Post Office (Emporia, Virginia) | Emporia | 1938 | .jpg) |
Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick | [b] | [24][25] |
| Post Office and Customs House | Fort Monroe |  |
[a] | [26] | ||
| U.S. Post Office Fredericksburg, Virginia, now Fredericksburg City Hall | Fredericksburg | 1908–1911 |  |
James Knox Taylor | [a] | [27] |
| Phoebus Post Office | Hampton | 1938 | Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick | [28] | ||
| Harrisonburg United States Post Office and Court House, now U.S. Courthouse Harrisonburg, Virginia | Harrisonburg | 1939–1940 |  |
Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick, Rudolph Stanley-Brown | [a][c] | [29][30] |
| United States Post Office (Leesburg, Virginia) | Leesburg | 1923 | James A. Wetmore | [31] | ||
| United States Post Office (Lexington, Virginia) | Lexington | 1911–1913 | B. C. Flournoy | [32] | ||
| United States Post Office (Luray, Virginia) | Luray | 1938 | [b] | [33] | ||
| U.S. Post Office and Court House, now Monument Terrace Building | Lynchburg | 1909–1912 |  |
James Knox Taylor | [b][a] | [34] |
| U.S. Post Office and Court House, now Lynchburg City Hall | Lynchburg | 1932–1933 |  |
James A. Wetmore | [a] | [35] |
| United States Post Office (Marion, Virginia) | Marion | 1935 | [e][a] | [36] | ||
| U.S. Post Office (Manassas, Virginia) | Manassas | 1931 |  |
Louis A. Simon | [37] | |
| Little Post Office | Martinsville | 1892 |  |
unknown | [c] | [38] |
| Cental Martinsville Station Post Office | Martinsville | 1939 | Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick | [39][40] | ||
| U.S. Post Office and Customhouse and Federal Building Extension | Newport News | 1904; 1939–1940 | James Knox Taylor, Louis A. Simon | [f] | [41][42] | |
| U.S. Customhouse and Post Office | Norfolk | 1852–1859, 1901 |  |
Ammi B. Young, James Knox Taylor | [43] | |
| U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Norfolk, Virginia (now Walter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse) | Norfolk | 1932 |  |
Benjamin F. Mitchell and Rudolph, Cooke, and VanLeeuwen | [a][c] | [44] |
| United States Post Office (Onancock, Virginia) | Onancock | 1936 | [45] | |||
| United States Post Office (Orange, Virginia) | Orange | 1935 |  |
Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick | [g] | [46] |
| City Hall (U.S. Custom House and Post Office) | Petersburg | 1856–1858 |  |
Ammi B. Young | [a] | [47] |
| 1870 | John Gibson Jr. | |||||
| 1908–1910 | James Knox Taylor | |||||
| United States Post Office (Petersburg, Virginia) | Petersburg | 1935 | Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick, Donald G. Anderson | [48] | ||
| U.S. Post Office, now Portsmouth Public Library | Portsmouth | 1907–1909 | .jpg) |
James Knox Taylor | [a] | [49] |
| U.S. Post Office (Pulaski, Virginia) | Pulaski | 1911 | James A. Wetmore | [50] | ||
| U.S. Post Office and Customhouse, now Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse | Richmond | 1858 |  |
Ammi B. Young and Albert Lybrock | [a][c] | [51] |
| Saunders Station Post Office | Richmond | 1937–1938 | Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick | [a][h] | [52] | |
| United States Post Office (Rocky Mount, Virginia) | Rocky Mount | 1936 | [b] | [53] | ||
| Salem Post Office | Salem | 1922–1923 | .jpg) |
Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick | [c] | [54] |
| United States Post Office (Smithfield, Virginia) | Smithfield | 1941 | [i] | [55] | ||
| Woodrum Station Post Office | Staunton | 1935 | [b] | [56] | ||
| U.S. Post Office (Strasburg, Virginia) | Strasburg | 1936 | Louis A. Simon | [b] | [57][58] | |
| U.S. Post Office (Stuart, Virginia) | Stuart | 1940 | Louis A. Simon | [b] | [59][60] | |
| U.S. Post Office (Suffolk, Virginia) | Suffolk | 1911–1913 | James Knox Taylor | [a][j] | [61][62] | |
| U.S. Post Office (Tazewell, Virginia) | Tazewell | 1936 | Louis A. Simon | [k] | [63][64] | |
| Atlantic Station Post Office | Virginia Beach | 1937 | [a][l][m] | [65] | ||
| Old U.S. Post Office (Winchester, Virginia) | Winchester | 1911 |  |
James Knox Taylor | [a] | [66] |
| U.S. Post Office (Woodstock, Virginia) | Woodstock | 1931 | .jpg) |
James A. Wetmore | [67] | |
| United States Post Office, now Southwest Virginia Housing Center | Wytheville | 1916 | Oscar Wenderoth | [a] | [68] |
Notes
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 No longer used as a post office.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Houses New Deal artwork.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- ↑ Houses the mural Harvest Season in Southern Virginia by Carson Davenport.
- ↑ Its New Deal artwork has been relocated.
- ↑ Houses five bas-relief murals by Mary Fowler.
- ↑ Houses the New Deal mural Upland Pastures by Arnald Friedman.
- ↑ Contributing structure to the West Broad Street Commercial Historic District.
- ↑ Houses the New Deal mural Captain John Smith Trading with the Indians by William Abbot Cheever.
- ↑ Contributing structure to the Suffolk Historic District.
- ↑ House the WPA mural Sheep—Mother and Child—Cow and Mining by William H. Calfee.
- ↑ Housed a WPA mural by John H.R. Pickett.
- ↑ Building has been demolished
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