US Post Office-Florence Main

121 N. Pikes Peak St., Florence, Colorado. County/parish: Fremont.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 22, 1986. NRIS 86000174.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Florence Main Post Office
  • Florence Post Office

From Wikipedia:

Florence Post Office

The Florence Post Office, at 121 N. Pikes Peak St. in Florence, Colorado, was built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as US Post Office-Florence Main.

It was designed by Louis A. Simon in Starved Classical style.

It includes a WPA mural painted by Olive Rush in 1937, showing a group of antelope.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84126380

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