- City:
- New Castle, PA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1934
- Designer:
- W. G. Eckles & Company
Description
The historic former post office building in New Castle, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1933. The building is now privately owned.
“The primary razing of the old properties commenced in January 1933 and the construction phase got underway soon after. The new Post Office Building, designed by the architectural firm of W. G. Eckles & Company and costing about $210,000, was dedicated on Saturday, December 15, 1934, and fully occupied within the next six weeks. The downtown building was in use until a new Post Office facility opened on South Cascade Street in 1982. This building on the Diamond was later remodeled into a commercial office building known as the Olde Post Office Complex.”
Source notes
CornerstoneSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 7, 2015.
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John Jessel
Paul MALDONADO
Street address and latitude / longitude coordinates are incorrect for this post office. The location is 15 West Washington Street (not Avenue), and the lat / long is Latitude: 40.999893, Longitude: -80.347953. “The Diamond” noted in the description is more recently named “Kennedy Square.”
Post office is Falling apart, and homeless people staying in there,