United States Post Office (The Dalles, Oregon)

The former United States Post Office in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, is a historic building constructed in 1916. Executed from standardized federal plans in the Greek Revival style, it was the first federal building in The Dalles and one of a set of nine built in Oregon in the 1910s. It remained in operation as a post office longer than seven of the other eight in that group.[1] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[3][4]

U.S. Post Office
Location100 W. 2nd Street
The Dalles, Oregon
Coordinates45°36′09″N 121°11′05″W
Area0.33 acres (0.13 ha)[1]
Built1916
Built byCampbell Construction Company[1]
ArchitectOscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect, U.S. Department of the Treasury[1]
Architectural styleNeoclassical/Greek Revival
Part ofThe Dalles Commercial Historic District[2] (ID86002953)
MPSSignificant US Post Offices in Oregon 1900–1941 TR[3][4]
NRHP reference No.85000545
Added to NRHPMarch 4, 1985

See also

References
  1. Kolva, H. J. (August 31, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form for Federal Properties: U.S. Post Office, The Dalles, Oregon (PDF), retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. Dodds, Linda; Schneider, Ted; Donovan, Sally (August 1997), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Dalles Commercial Historic District (1997 Update) (PDF), retrieved August 1, 2013.
  3. National Park Service (March 15, 1985), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 29, retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved May 30, 2017.


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