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  2. United States Post Office-Main Branch (Philadelphia)

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    Added to NRHP. September 5, 2006. The former United States Post Office-Main Branch is a historic post office building that is located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is situated across from Amtrak 's 30th Street Station. It operated as the main postal processing facility for Philadelpha from 1933 until its closure in 2008.

  3. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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    The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

  4. Old Chicago Main Post Office - Wikipedia

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    The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall office building in downtown Chicago.The building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921. The structure of the building was expanded greatly in 1932 in order to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, increased significantly by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward (the largest retailer in the ...

  5. List of United States post office murals - Wikipedia

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    Old Post Office, Booneville: Scenic and Historic Booneville: Stefan Hirsch: 1943 oil on canvas. Completed under the Treasury Bureau's Section of Fine Arts program at the cost of $750. In Old Post Office included in the NRHP-listed Downtown Booneville Historic District. [95] 1998 Carthage: Lumbermen Rolling a Log: Peter Dalton: 1938 1983 ...

  6. Franklin Court - Wikipedia

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    Designated NHLDCP. October 15, 1966. Franklin Court is a complex of museums, structures, and historic sites within Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at the site which American printer, scientist, diplomat, and statesman Benjamin Franklin had his Philadelphia residence from 1763 to his death in 1790.

  7. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]

  8. Nix Federal Building - Wikipedia

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    Built between 1937 and 1941, Nix Federal Building was designed by Harry Sternfeld in the Moderne style and features several sculptures and reliefs by Donald De Lue and Edmond Amateis. It was renamed in December 1985 in honor of Robert N.C. Nix Sr., a longtime Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District in Philadelphia ...

  9. List of United States post offices - Wikipedia

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    United States Post Office, Federal Annex, in Atlanta, listed on the NRHP in Fulton County. United States Post Office and Courthouse (Augusta, Georgia) United States Post Office-Baxley, Georgia, in Baxley, listed on the NRHP in Appling County. Cassville Post Office, in Cassville, GA, listed on the NRHP in Bartow County.