US Post Office-Yellowstone Main
National Register of Historic Places

US Post Office-Yellowstone Main

Yellowstone, Park County, Wyoming
Listed
May 18, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87000789

About this property

The Yellowstone Main Post Office is a historic post office in Yellowstone National Park in Mammoth, Wyoming, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Yellowstone facility is an understated classical structure with a low hipped roof and rounded dormers that uses a plan and a basic design vocabulary similar to that used in other post offices in the program. However it also includes restrained French Renaissance Revival elements, the only post office in the western United States to merge these two styles. It is somewhat at odds with the prevailing design theme expressed in other buildings in the former Fort Yellowstone district. The Yellowstone Main Post Office is also a contributing property to the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. The post office was built in Mammoth Hot Springs as part of a facilities improvement program by the United States Post Office Department (USPOD). It was nominated to the (NRHP) as part of a thematic study comprising twelve Wyoming post offices built to standardized USPOD plans in the early twentieth century. National Register of Historic Places listings in Yellowstone National Park National Register of Historic Places listings in Park County, Wyoming Yellowstone Main Post Office at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

Location

Yellowstone, Park County, Wyoming
44.97691, -110.69867

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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Nearby Historic Sites

Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
Listed
0.1 mi
North Entrance Road Historic District
Listed
2.4 mi
Fort Yellowstone
Industrial
9.8 mi
Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
Industrial
10.8 mi
Obsidian Cliff
Industrial
11.4 mi

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

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

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

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

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

The period of significance for US Post Office-Yellowstone Main is recorded as the industrial era.

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