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The Old Post Office, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C. It is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. [1] It is adjacent to the Federal Triangle station on the Washington Metro.
Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971).
The Imperial Post, Imperial Post Office, or Imperial Postal Service may refer to: The Kaiserliche Reichspost of the Holy Roman Empire; The Thurn-und-Taxis Post, its successor; The Chinese Imperial Post of the late Qing Dynasty in China, administered by the Chinese Maritime Customs Service; The Russian Post before 1917
Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street in 1839 with the First Unitarian Church on the northeast corner of 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue visible in the background. Prior to the settlement of the area by European colonists, the Piscataway tribe of Native Americans occupied the northeastern banks of the Potomac River, although no permanent settlements are known in the area now encompassed by the ...
The name "Federal Triangle" appears to have been a journalistic invention. [2] The press wrote of a "Pennsylvania Avenue Triangle" as early as November 18, 1926, [3] and use of this name continued as late as June 1929, [4] [5] [6] but by 1927, it was more common for the news media to refer to the area as "the Triangle". [7]
This branch, with entrances on Pennsylvania Avenue, is extant as of 2018. In the 1990s, the General Services Administration (GSA) refurbished the former Post Office building and preserved the architectural details of the hallways in the style of the 1920s and 1930s. A seven-story marble spiral staircase is a prominent element of the building's ...
Like all other federal holidays, the post office will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17 in observance of Presidents Day. That means branches won’t be open and there won't be mail delivery.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue is a mid-rise Postmodern office building located in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is 180 feet (55 m) tall, has 14 stories, and has a four-story underground parking garage. It is a "contributing" resource to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.