US Post Office-Yuma Main
National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Yuma Main

Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona
Listed
December 3, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85003109

About this property

The Gowan Company Building, formerly known as the Yuma Main Post Office or Yuma Downtown Postal Annex, is a historic building in Yuma, Arizona. Constructed in 1933 to serve as the city's main post office, the building's design, a work of architect Roy Place, is a blend of the Beaux Arts and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The design includes a loggia supported by Corinthian columns, wrought iron railings and window bars, a molded belt course between the building's two stories, a projecting bracketed cornice, and a red tile roof. The post office was built toward the end of the Beaux-Arts phase of federal building design, as government architects shifted to a "starved classicism" style in the ensuing years. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1985 as the U.S. Post Office—Yuma Main. It was purchased by the Gowan Company in 1996 for preservation and use as its headquarters.

Location

370 W. Third St.
Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona
32.72133, -114.61794

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was US Post Office-Yuma Main listed on the National Register?

US Post Office-Yuma Main was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1985.

What type of historic resource is US Post Office-Yuma Main?

US Post Office-Yuma Main is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for US Post Office-Yuma Main is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1933.

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