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List of United States post offices in Washington

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United States post offices operate under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Historically, post offices were usually placed in a prominent location. Many were architecturally distinctive, including notable buildings featuring Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, and Vernacular architecture.[1][2] However, modern U.S. post offices were generally designed for functionality rather than architectural style.[2]

Following is a list of United States post offices in Washington. Notable post offices include individual buildings, whether still in service or not, which have architectural, historical, or community-related significance. Many of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or state and local historic registers. The NRHP also includes a thematic listing, Historic US Post Offices in Washington MPS, that includes 23 structures dating from 1893 to 1941.[3]

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Post office City Date built Image Architect Notes Ref.
United States Post Office (Anacortes, Washington) Anacortes 1938 [a] [4]
Auburn Post Office Auburn 1937 Louis A. Simon, James I. Barnes Co. [b][c] [5]
United States Post Office and Courthouse (Bellingham, Washington), now U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington. Bellingham 1912–1913 James Knox Taylor [b][c][d] [6]
United States Post Office-Bremerton Main Bremerton 1937 Harry B. Carter [b][d] [7][3]
United States Post Office-Camas Main Camas 1939 Louis A. Simon [b][e][d] [8][9][3]
Centralia Post Office Centralia 1937 Louis A. Simon [b][f][d] [10][11][3]
Chehalis Post Office Chehalis 1934 James A. Wetmore [b][d] [12]
Chimacum Post Office Chimacum 1899 unknown [b][c] [13]
Clarkston Main Post Office Clarkston 1941 Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick [b][g][d] [14][15][16]
United States Post Office-Colfax Main Colfax 1933 James A. Wetmore [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office-Colville Main Colville 1936–1938 Louis A. Simon [b][h][d] [17][18][3]
Doe Bay General Store and Post Office Doe Bay 1908 Viereck family [b] [19]
Ellensburg Federal Building and Post Office Ellensburg 1916–1917 James A. Wetmore [b][d] [3][20]
U.S. Post Office and Customshouse (Everett, Washington) Everett 1917 Oscar Wenderoth [b][c][d] [21]
United States Post Office-Hoquiam Main Hoquiam 1932 James A. Wetmore [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office-Kelso Main Kelso 1936 Louis A. Simon [b][i][d] [22][23][3]
United States Post Office-Longview Main Longview 1934 Bebb, Gould & Graham [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office-Lyden Main Lyden 1940 Louis A. Simon [b][j][d] [24][25][3]
United States Post Office-Montesano Main Montesano 1935 Louis A. Simon [b][d] [26][3]
United States Post Office-Okanogan Main Okanogan 1940 Louis A. Simon [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office (Olympia, Washington) Olympia 1914 James Knox Taylor, Oscar Wenderoth [b][d] [3][27]
United States Post Office-Omak Main Omak 1941 Louis A. Simon [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office (Pasco, Washington) Pasco 1934 [28]
United States Post Office (Port Angeles, Washington) Port Angeles 1931 James A. Wetmore [b][d] [29]
United States Post Office – Port Townsend Main Port Townsend 1889–1893 Mifflin E. Bell, Willoughby J. Edbrooke [b][d] [30]
United States Post Office-Prosser Main Prosser 1935 Louis A. Simon [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office-Pullman Pullman 1930 James A. Wetmore [b] [31]
United States Post Office (Puyallup, Washington) Puyallup 1935–1936 Lous A. Simon, Neal A. Melick, Thomas Harlan Ellett [32]
United States Post Office-Raymond Main Raymond 1939–1940 Lous A. Simon, Neal A. Melick [b][k][d] [33]
Queen Anne Post Office and Regional Headquarters Seattle 1965 Thomas Albert Smith, John Stevenson [b] [34]
University Station Post Office (Seattle, Washington) Seattle 1937 [l] [35][36]
United States Post Office-Sedro Woolley Main Sedro-Woolley 1939 Louis A. Simon [b][m][d] [37][38][3]
United States Post Office (Shelton, Washington) Shelton 1938 [n] [39]
Old Post Office, now Snohomish City Hall Snohomish 1938 [b][o][d] [40][41][3]
United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Custom House (Spokane, Washington) Spokane 1908–1909 James Knox Taylor [b][d] [42]
United States Post Office-Sunnyside Main Sunnyside 1937 Louis A. Simon [b][d] [43][3]
United States Post Office-Tacoma Downtown Station-Federal Building Tacoma 1910 James Knox Taylor [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office-Toppenish Main Toppenish 1937–1938 Louis A. Simon [b][p][d] [44][45][3]
United States Post Office-Vancouver Main Vancouver 1918 James A. Wetmore [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office-Walla Walla Main Walla Walla 1914 James Knox Taylor [b][d] [3]
United States Post Office and Annex, now Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Wenatchee 1937–1938, 1918 James A. Wetmore, Louis A. Simon [b][c][q][d] [46][47][48]
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, now William O. Douglas Federal Building Yakima 1912 James Knox Taylor [b][d] [49]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Houses the New Deal mural Halibut Fishing by Kenneth Callahan.
  2. [b]
    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  3. [c]
    No longer used as a post office.
  4. [d]
    Included in the thematic listing, Historic US Post Offices in Washington MPS.
  5. [e]
    Houses the New Deal mural Beginning of a New World by Douglas Nicholson.
  6. [f]
    Houses the New Deal mural Industries of Lewis County by Kenneth Callahan.
  7. [g]
    Houses the New Deal wooden relief Lewis and Clark by Donlon P. McGovern.
  8. [h]
    Houses the New Deal mural Hudson’s Bay – The Pathfinders by Edmond J. Fitzgerald.
  9. [i]
    Houses the New Deal mural Incidents in the Lives of Lewis and Clark by David McCosh.
  10. [j]
    Houses the New Deal mural Three Ages of Phoebe Goodell Judson by Mordi Gassner.
  11. [k]
    Houses a New Deal artwork.
  12. [l]
    Houses the New Deal murals Historical Review of Education and Present Day Education and Present Day Education by Jacob Elshin.
  13. [m]
    Houses the New Deal mural Loggers and Millworkers by Albert C. Runquist.
  14. [n]
    Houses the New Deal mural Skid Row by Richard Haines.
  15. [o]
    Houses the New Deal mural Construction of a Skid Road in the 80’s by Lance W. Hart.
  16. [p]
    Houses the New Deal mural Local Theme by Andrew McDuffie Vincent.
  17. [q]
    Houses the New Deal mural The Saga of Wenatchee by Peggy Strong.

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