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Tonopah Main Post Office

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Area
  
0.3 acres (0.12 ha)

Built by
  
Dow, L.F. & Co.

Phone
  
+1 775-482-3359

Built
  
1941 (1941)

Opened
  
1941

Architect
  
Louis A. Simon

Tonopah Main Post Office

Location
  
201 Main St., Tonopah, Nevada

Architectural style
  
Moderne, Starved Classical

MPS
  
US Post Offices in Nevada MPS

Address
  
201 Erie Main, Tonopah, NV 89049, USA

Hours
  
Closed today SundayClosedMonday8–11AM, 1–4PMTuesday8–11AM, 1–4PMWednesday8–11AM, 1–4PMThursday8–11AM, 1–4PMFriday8–11AM, 1–4PMSaturday8–10AMSuggest an edit

The Tonopah Main Post Office, also known as US Post Office–Tonopah Main, is the main post office in Tonopah, Nevada. Built in 1941, the post office was the first and only federally constructed post office in the city. The post office was designed in a Starved Classical style typical of federal buildings of the era. The government began planning the post office in 1937, and its site was chosen in 1940. The building's cornerstone was laid in May 1941; a civic ceremony and parade marked the occasion. The post office opened for business on December 7, 1941, the same day as the attack on Pearl Harbor. In addition to serving as Tonopah's post office, the building also houses government offices in its basement.

The post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 1990.

References

Tonopah Main Post Office Wikipedia