United States Post Office (Scappoose, Oregon)

The United States Post Office building in Scappoose, Oregon, is the current post office serving the local community (as of 2016) and a recognized historic structure. Built in 1966, it is an essentially intact example of the "Thousand Series" facilities[lower-alpha 1] built under the direction of the Post Office Department in the late 1950s and the 1960s. These buildings, mostly of a modest, Modern style, represent one component of an evolutionary period in post office design between the PWA-led monumental buildings of the Great Depression and the 1971 reorganization of postal services. This period was marked by rapid growth, technological change, and decreased Congressional support for funding new construction.[1][2]

United States Post Office (Scappoose)
The Scappoose Post Office in 2014
Location52643 Columbia River Highway
Scappoose, Oregon
Coordinates45°45′34″N 122°52′43″W
Area39,517 square feet (3,671.2 m2)[1]
Built1966
ArchitectStanton, Boles, Maguire and Church[1]
Architectural styleModern
MPSU.S. Post Office Department Facilities in Oregon 1940-1971 MPS
NRHP reference No.100000618
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 2017

The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[3]

See also

Notes
  1. Sources also refer to these facilities as the "Thousands Series".

References
  1. Tess, John M. (October 6, 2016), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: United States Post Office [Scappoose] (PDF), retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. Tess, John M. (July 12, 2016), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: U.S. Post Office Department Facilities in Oregon, 1940 to 1971 (PDF), retrieved April 24, 2017.
  3. National Park Service (February 10, 2017), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/30/2017 through 2/01/2017, archived from the original on February 12, 2017, retrieved February 11, 2017.
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