Kingsessing Station Post Office (former) – Philadelphia PA

City:
Philadelphia, PA

Site Type:
Post Offices, Federal Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s old Kingsessing Station post office, located at the western corner of Whitby Ave. and S 52nd St., was constructed during the Great Depression with federal Treasury Department funds. The building has undergone extensive renovations and is now privately owned. A pair of New Deal murals that had been housed at the post offices have been relocated to a non-public setting.

Source notes

Cornerstone

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 4, 2015.

Location Info


S 52nd St. and Whitby Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Philadelphia County

Coordinates: 39.947293, -75.227160

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One comment on “Kingsessing Station Post Office (former) – Philadelphia PA

  1. Alan Sandals

    Triptych mural by brothers Raphael and Moses Soyer was removed and conserved by USPS. I viewed the murals in storage in the late 1990’s.

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  1. Alan Sandals

    Triptych mural by brothers Raphael and Moses Soyer was removed and conserved by USPS. I viewed the murals in storage in the late 1990’s.

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