Built 1904 Opened 1904 Added to NRHP 17 April 1979 | NRHP Reference # 79000905 Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture | |
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Location 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, Iowa Similar US Post Office and Courthou, United States Post Office an, United States Courthou, US Post Office and Courthou, US Post Office and Customs | ||
The Old Post Office is a Beaux Arts-style building in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Built of Indiana Limestone in 1904, the post office was expanded in 1931. It remained the city's central post office until 1975, when a new facility was built. After two years of vacancy, it was bought by the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center; it was selected over other sites due to its central location. Four years of renovations, concluded in September 1981, resulted in its opening as a senior center. On April 17, 1979, midway through the renovation, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the center serves thousands of area residents monthly; nearly 90,000 visits were made to the center in 2003, of whom approximately 2/3 were lower-income.