US Post Office-Basin Main
National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Basin Main

Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming
Listed
May 18, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
87000779

About this property

The Basin Main Post Office in Basin, Wyoming was built in 1919 as part of a facilities improvement program by the United States Post Office Department. The post office in Basin 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. National Register of Historic Places listings in Big Horn County, Wyoming Photographs of the Basin Post Office at the National Park Service's NRHP database Basin Main Post Office at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

Location

402 W. C St.
Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming
44.38141, -108.03939

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTPOLITICS/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-Basin Main listed on the National Register?

US Post Office-Basin Main was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1987.

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

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

What is the period of significance for US Post Office-Basin Main?

The period of significance for US Post Office-Basin Main is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1919.

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