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Post Office (former) – Jackson MO

Former Jackson, MO Post Office, now Chamber of Commerce

Former Jackson, MO Post Office, now Chamber of Commerce

Photo: Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013

Former Jackson, MO Post Office, now Chamber of Commerce

Former Jackson, MO Post Office, now Chamber of Commerce

Project type: Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
Started:
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Description

This classic New Deal post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938. It is still standing, but now houses the Jackson Chamber of Commerce. The mural originally painted for this post office has been moved to the new post office which is located catty corner from this building, to the northeast.

Source notes

Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, 1984.

Project originally submitted by Charles Swaney on June 8, 2013.

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Location Info

125 E. Main St.
Jackson, MO 63755

Coordinates: 37.382252, -89.666837

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