- City:
- Olathe, KS
- Site Type:
- Post Offices, Federal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Started:
- 1938
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Olathe’s historic former Colonial-style post office was built in 1938 as a New Deal project. The building cost $90,000 to construct. Postal operations relocated within downtown Olathe in 1981; the building has housed Olathe’s city hall. When the municipal building relocated ca. 2012-15 it became Gurdwara Nanak Darbar Sahib, a Sikh house of worship.
A New Deal mural created for the building has since been relocated.
Source notes
Cornerstone
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https://www.olatheks.gov/visitors/olathe-history (accessed Jul. 11, 2023)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 11, 2023.
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