US Post Office-Powell Main
National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Powell Main

Powell, Park County, Wyoming
Listed
May 21, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87000787

About this property

The Powell Main Post Office in Powell, Wyoming, was built in 1937 as part of a facilities improvement program by the United States Post Office Department. The post office in Powell 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. The post office contains the mural, Powell's Agriculture Resulting from the Shoshine Irrigation Project by Verona Burkhard, painted in 1938 and funded by the Section of Painting and Sculpture.

Location

270 N. Bent St.
Powell, Park County, Wyoming
44.75527, -108.75805

Categories

ARTPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
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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-Powell Main listed on the National Register?

US Post Office-Powell Main was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1987.

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

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

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

The period of significance for US Post Office-Powell Main is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1937.

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