United States Post Office Madill | |
Location | 223 W. Lille Blvd., Madill, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 34°05′26″N96°46′22″W / 34.09056°N 96.77278°W Coordinates: 34°05′26″N96°46′22″W / 34.09056°N 96.77278°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 |
Architect | Louis A. Simon; Magafan, Ethel |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Oklahoma Post Offices with Section Art MPS |
NRHP reference # | 09000216 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 17, 2009 |
The United States Post Office Madill, in Madill, Oklahoma, was built in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1]
Madill is a city and county seat of Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named in honor of George Alexander Madill, an attorney for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The population at the 2010 census was 3,770, an increase of 10.8 percent from 3,410 at the 2000 census. It is best known as the site of the annual National Sand Bass Festival. It is part of the Texoma region.
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