Reno Main Post Office

The Reno Main Post Office, at 50 S. Virginia St. in Reno, Nevada, was built in 1933. It was designed by Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps and built by the MacDonald Engineering Co., of Chicago, at cost of $363,660. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. as U.S. Post Office-Reno Main.[1][2]

U.S. Post Office-Reno Main
Location50 S. Virginia St., Reno, Nevada
Coordinates39°31′29″N 119°48′39″W
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1933
Built byMacDonald Engineering Co.
ArchitectDeLongchamps, Frederick J.
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPSUS Post Offices in Nevada MPS
NRHP reference No.90000135[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1990

Update: Unfortunately this was torn down.

It has been deemed "an outstanding example of a combined post office and federal office building for a medium-sized city."[2]:3 And, according to its 1990 NRHP nomination it is the sole post office built by the U.S. government in all of Nevada that has Art Deco/Moderne styling, but it is overall "Starved Classical" in style.[2]

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