United States Post Office (Greybull, Wyoming)

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US Post Office--Greybull Main
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Location401 Greybull Ave., Greybull, Wyoming
Coordinates 44°29′19″N108°3′10.4″W / 44.48861°N 108.052889°W / 44.48861; -108.052889
Built1937
ArchitectLouis A. Simon, Manuel A. Bromberg
MPS Historic US Post Offices in Wyoming, 1900--1941, TR
NRHP reference No. 87000780
Added to NRHPMay 22, 1987 [1]

The Greybull Main Post Office in Greybull, Wyoming, United States, was built in 1937 as part of a facilities improvement program by the United States Post Office Department. The post office in Greybull 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] It is one of five post offices in the state with Section of Painting and Sculpture artwork, symbolizing the extensive New Deal public works and federal presence benefiting small communities. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Greybull Main Post Office". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. October 24, 2008.
  3. Kolva, H. J. "Jim" (April 1986). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Greybull Main Post Office. National Park Service. Retrieved April 10, 2023.