Florence Post Office

Post office in Colorado

United States historic place


US Post Office--Florence Main
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°23′27″N 105°07′03″W / 38.39083°N 105.11750°W / 38.39083; -105.11750 (US Post Office--Florence Main)
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1936
Architect	Louis A. Simon
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Art Deco, Starved Classical
Part of	Downtown Florence Historic District
MPS	US Post Offices in Colorado, 1900--1941, TR
NRHP reference No.	86000174^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 22, 1986

The Florence Post Office, at 121 N. Pikes Peak St. in Florence, Colorado, was built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as US Post Office-Florence Main.^[1]

It was designed by Louis A. Simon in Starved Classical style.^[2]

It includes a WPA mural painted by Olive Rush in 1937, showing a group of antelope.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Paul R. Secord; H. James Kolva (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Florence Post Office / Florence Main Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2019. With accompanying four photos from 1983