Reno Main Post Office

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U.S. Post Office-Reno Main
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Location50 S. Virginia St., Reno, Nevada
Coordinates 39°31′29″N119°48′39″W / 39.52472°N 119.81083°W / 39.52472; -119.81083
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1933
Built byMacDonald Engineering Co.
Architect DeLongchamps, Frederick J.
Architectural style Art Deco
MPS US Post Offices in Nevada MPS
NRHP reference No. 90000135 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1990

The former Reno Main Post Office, located at 50 S. Virginia St. in Reno, Nevada, was built in 1933. The post office was designed by noted Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps and was built by the MacDonald Engineering Co., of Chicago, at cost of $363,660. This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. as U.S. Post Office-Reno Main. [1] [2]

This building was deemed "an outstanding example of a combined post office and federal office building for a medium-sized city." [2] :3 According to its 1990 NRHP nomination this is the sole post office built by the U.S. government in Nevada that has Art Deco/Moderne styling, but it is overall "Starved Classical" in style. [2]

In 1986, a lowered ceiling and improved lighting led to gains in the energy efficiency of the building, as well as improvements in the efficiency of mail sorting. [3]

In 2007, this Reno Post Office building was repurposed as a business office building, named 'West Elm'. The main Reno Post Office is now located on Vassar Street.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 H.J. "Jim" Kolva and Steve Franks (February 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Reno Main Post Office / Reno Downtown Station". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  3. Romm, J. J. (December 1994). Greening the Bottom Line. Second International Green Building Conference and Exposition-1995. p. 1.