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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).
Until 1988, the building housed the post office on its first floor and federal court operations on its upper two floors. After a new courthouse opened in Urbana, bankruptcy cases continued to be heard in Danville until 2013, when the building was mostly vacated. In June 2017, the federal government transferred ownership to Vermilion County. [3]
Plans for the Post Office were made in 1899 when Congress approved $100,000 for its construction. The property was purchased from the Robinson family for $15,000. Joliet's rapid growth in the early 20th century necessitated an expansion, and Congress allowed $185,000 for additional land purchase and post office expansion.
The mall is situated on Illinois Route 59 between U.S. 34 and East New York Street / West Aurora Avenue, with 8,006 car parking spaces. [10] The area around the mall has been developed on the east and west sides of the road, with Westridge Court featuring over 30 stores on the Naperville side of Route 59.
Aurora was established with the building of a post office in 1837. Aurora began as two villages: East Aurora, incorporated in 1845 [9] on the east side of the river, and West Aurora, formally organized on the west side of the river in 1854. [9] In 1857, the two towns joined, incorporating as the city of Aurora. [10]
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, located at 100 Northeast Monroe Street in Peoria, Illinois, is a U.S. district courthouse for the Central District of Illinois.The building was constructed in 1937-38; [1] [2] it has a PWA Moderne design, a variant of Moderne architecture commonly used in Public Works Administration projects.
The U.S. Post Office in Sycamore, Illinois, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Sycamore Historic District. The district was designated and listed in May 1978. The district was designated and listed in May 1978.
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a post office and federal courthouse located at 200 North Eighth Street in Quincy, Illinois. The building was designed in 1885 and completed in 1887. Architect Mifflin E. Bell, Supervising Architect at the time, designed the French Renaissance Revival style building.