Former United States Post Office | |
![]() The former United States Post Office of Kaukauna, Wisconsin. | |
Location | 112 Main Ave. Kaukauna, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 44°16′44″N88°16′13″W / 44.27884°N 88.27041°W |
Built | 1934 |
Architect | Louis A. Simon |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival/Moderne/Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 91001990 |
Added to NRHP | January 22, 1992 |
The Former United States Post Office of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, United States, was designed by Louis A. Simon and built around 1934. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its significance in politics, government and architecture. [1] [2] It previously contained the mural of Grignon trading with the Indians, by Vladimir Rousseff, which is now in the new post office. [3]
Outagamie County is a county in the Fox Cities region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located in the northeast of the state. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190,705. Its county seat is Appleton.
Kaukauna is a city in Outagamie and Calumet counties, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on the Fox River, approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of Milwaukee. The population was 15,462 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Old Post Office, or Former Post Office, may refer to:
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