United States Post Office (Astoria, Oregon)

	U.S. Post Office and Custom House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	View from the southeast, across Commercial Street, in 2010
Location	750 Commercial Street; Astoria, Oregon
Coordinates	46°11′21″N 123°50′07″W / 46.18929722°N 123.8352139°WCoordinates: 46°11′21″N 123°50′07″W / 46.18929722°N 123.8352139°W
Area	40,000 square feet (3,700 m2)
Built	1933
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	(ID98000631)
MPS	Significant US Post Offices in Oregon 1900–1941 TR
NRHP reference No.	85000542
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1985

The United States Post Office in Astoria, Oregon, United States, is a historic building constructed in 1933. It is a two-story building on a raised basement. Its exterior dimensions are 79 by 137 feet (24 m × 42 m). Its 11-bay front facade is divided by flat fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals supporting a full entablature, with a balustraded parapet above, and a red-tiled hipped roof rising behind that. Its foundations had to be blasted by dynamite.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 under its historic name U.S. Post Office and Custom House.^[4]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Kolva, H. J. (September 5, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form for Federal Properties: U.S. Post Office and Custom House, Astoria, Oregon (PDF), retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ Goodenberger, John E. (August 19, 1997), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Astoria Downtown Historic District (PDF), retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b National Park Service (March 15, 1985), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 29, retrieved May 30, 2017.

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National Register of Historic Places photographic file
Significant U.S. Post Offices In Oregon – 1900 to 1941 – Thematic Resources, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation
Media related to United States Post Office (Astoria, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons

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[AstPONom-1] Kolva, H. J. (September 5, 1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form for Federal Properties: U.S. Post Office and Custom House, Astoria, Oregon (PDF), retrieved May 30, 2017.

[SHPOdb-2] Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved May 30, 2017.

[ADHDNom-3] Goodenberger, John E. (August 19, 1997), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Astoria Downtown Historic District (PDF), retrieved May 30, 2017.

[WkList-4] National Park Service (March 15, 1985), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 29, retrieved May 30, 2017.

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U.S. Post Office and Custom House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

View from the southeast, across Commercial Street, in 2010
Location	750 Commercial Street Astoria, Oregon
Coordinates	46°11′21″N 123°50′07″W / 46.18929722°N 123.8352139°W / 46.18929722; -123.8352139Coordinates: 46°11′21″N 123°50′07″W / 46.18929722°N 123.8352139°W / 46.18929722; -123.8352139
Area	40,000 square feet (3,700 m²)^[1]
Built	1933
Architectural style	Classical Revival^[2]
Part of	^[3] (ID98000631)
MPS	Significant US Post Offices in Oregon 1900–1941 TR^[4]^[2]
NRHP reference No.	85000542
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1985

United States Post Office (Astoria, Oregon)

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