United States Post Office (Hannibal, Missouri)

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Federal Building
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Location600 Broadway, Hannibal, Missouri
Coordinates 39°42′29″N91°21′33″W / 39.70806°N 91.35917°W / 39.70806; -91.35917 Coordinates: 39°42′29″N91°21′33″W / 39.70806°N 91.35917°W / 39.70806; -91.35917
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1884 (1884)
ArchitectBell, Mifflin E.
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No. 80002377 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1980

The United States Post Office at Hannibal, Missouri, is a federal building previously used as a post office and as a courthouse. It is also known as the Federal Building or the Naval Reserve Center, and is located at 600 Broadway. The building's architect was Mifflin E. Bell, and it was completed in 1888. The building is an excellent example of a late Second Empire architectural style. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri met in this building until 1960, and the U.S. Circuit Court for that district met here until that court was abolished in 1912. It is now owned by the city. [2] [3] :4

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as "Federal Building". [1] It is located in the Central Park Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Hannibal, Missouri". Historic Federal Courthouses. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  3. Esley Hamilton (May 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: U.S. Post Office and Court House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2021-12-29. (includes 7 photographs from 1980)