US Post Office--Buffalo Main | |
US Post Office, Buffalo, Wyoming | |
Location | 193 S. Main St., Buffalo, Wyoming |
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Coordinates | 44°20′42″N106°41′49″W / 44.34500°N 106.69694°W Coordinates: 44°20′42″N106°41′49″W / 44.34500°N 106.69694°W |
Built | 1911 |
Architect | US Department of the Treasury; Office of Supervising Architect |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Historic US Post Offices in Wyoming, 1900--1941, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87000785 |
Added to NRHP | May 19, 1987 [1] |
The Buffalo Main Post Office in Buffalo, Wyoming was built in 1911 as part of a facilities improvement program by the United States Post Office Department. The post office in Buffalo was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic study comprising twelve Wyoming post offices built to standardized USPO plans in the early twentieth century. [2]
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