United_States_Post_Office-Nampa_Main

United States Post Office (Nampa, Idaho)

United States Post Office (Nampa, Idaho)

United States historic building

The United States Post Office - Nampa Main, also known as the Herbert A. Littleton Postal Station,[2] in Nampa, Idaho, is a two-story Neoclassical building completed in 1931. James A. Wetmore was the supervising architect. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[3]

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History

In 1922 the Nampa Post Office rented facilities at the First National Bank,[4] and a permanent post office was constructed next to the bank in 1930 by Boise contractor J.O. Jordan & Sons.[5] The building was completed June 21, 1931.[6]

An arsonist caused fire damage to the building in 1973.[7]

The building was named in 2009 for Nampa resident Herbert A. Littleton, a Medal of Honor recipient who died in the Korean War.[8][9]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "111th Congress Public Law 56". Congressional Record, Vol. 155 (2009). Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. [3]
    H.J. "Jim" Kolva; Steve Franks (August 31, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: US Post Office--Nampa Main". National Park Service. Retrieved January 14, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  4. [4]
    "Rooms Remodeled for Nampa Postoffice Site". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 15, 1922. p. 7.
  5. [5]
    "Work Starts on Postoffice". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 8, 1930. p. 7.
  6. [6]
    "New postoffice building at Nampa...(photo)". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 29, 1931. p. 10.
  7. [7]
    Bill Hathaway (January 8, 1973). "Fire Damages Nampa Post Office". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 1.
  8. [8]
    Erika Bolstad (May 13, 2009). "Nampa post office to be named in hero's honor - Congress is expected to name the building for Herbert Littleton, 58 years after his death". Idaho Statesman.
  9. [9]
    Strauss, Sharon (December 6, 2009). "Nampa post office named for war hero". Idaho Press-Tribune. Nampa, Idaho. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013.

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