Great American post offices
By: James H. Bruns.
Publisher: Preservation Press; Wiley
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Post office buildings -- United States -- Pictorial works.; Post office buildings -- United States -- Directories.; Postal service -- United States -- History.
Description: Great American Post Offices traces the fascinating architectural and social history of these diverse buildings for the first time.

The book contains an in-depth, state-by-state guide to 250 historic post offices nationwide - including many landmarked structures - and features vivid anecdotes about what took place within them. Inside you will find information on building location, architect, and date, plus architectural details, history, and current use; buildings by Daniel Burnham; McKim, Mead & White; William A.

Potter; James Knox Taylor; and other leading architects; examples of many architectural styles; and almost 200 photographs, historic postcards, engravings, and original architectural drawings - many published for the first time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 264) and index.