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U. S. Post Office and Custom
House
West Avenue between
25th and 26th Streets,
Newport News, VA 23607 |
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Courtesy of Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 01/06/04
Thanks, Dave! |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 01/06/04
Thanks, Dave! |
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WAY BACK THEN: |
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1908 |
Sunday,
August 10,
2003 |
1912 |
Saturday, April 10. 2004 |
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...the post office, which is
not so rare an image. BUT, have a look at the home to the left of the P.O. |
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Courtesy of Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 11/21/07
WOWZERONI!!!
Thanks, Dave! |
Image by Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 08/10/03
Thanks, Dave! |
Courtesy of Bob Buchan ('61)
of VA via Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 04/09/04
Thanks, Guys! |
Panoramic Image by Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 04/10/04
Thanks, Dave! |
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1919 |
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 |
1950s |
(Kenneth Silver, Daily Press)
Friday,
July 14, 2006
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"One of the most imposing
buildings
in this city is the Post Office. Located
on West Avenue, the building
is also
the headquarters for other
government agencies." |
"A fallout shelter sign is posted above a pay phone inside the
U.S.
District Courthouse & Post Office building in
downtown Newport News." |
Courtesy of Bob Buchan ('61)
of VA via Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 04/05/04
Thanks, Guys! |
Image by Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA -
04/06/04
Thanks, Dave! |
04/11/04 |
07/28/06 |
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1929 |
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1930s |
Thursday, January 15. 2004 |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA -
04/24/04
Thanks, Dave! |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA -
04/24/04
Thanks, Dave! |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs
('64)
of VA - 05/19/03
Thanks, Dave! |
Image by Dave Spriggs ('64)
of VA -
01/15/04
Thanks, Dave! |
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
December 2005 |
Images by
Chip Clark
('65) of
Northern VA - 11/02/05
Thanks, Chip! |
Images by Steve Silsby (FHS -
'72) of NC - 05/31/06
Thanks, Steve! |
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The Post Office
is still at the corner of West Avenue and running from 25th to 26th Street.
I had to testify in a federal
hearing there last fall and the building is
still fairly well maintained.
A decision was made
the first of this year to suspend
federal magistrate
operations
at the building due to budget constraints so it's not clear
what
may happen.
The building is
still the postal center for downtown Newport News, but the number of clients
there has obviously
declined. If the magistrate operation does not move back in a reasonable period the
building may be closed
and the mail service moved to a more centralized site.
The Oyster Point
area has rapidly developed into the
business center for Newport News,
and there has been talk of a mail center in that office park for centralized
distribution.
The old building
is beautiful, filled with marble and heavy brass fixtures, and it would be a shame to see anything
happen to it. The post office in downtown Hampton was converted to a
restaurant but it was not successful.
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- Dave Arnold of
VA - 05/23/03
Thanks, Dave! |
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...The Federal
Building long served as the post office, with other government offices
upstairs. My most vivid memory of
that building was my halting steps up to that second floor to register
for the draft when I turned 18. The stately eagle over the entrance to
the Federal Building brings to mind the Owls above the entrances of
Hampton's George Wythe Elementary School (located behind
Bill's Barbeque). Wythe was a junior
high when my mother (Dorothy Harton Silsby, HHS '42) attended it. |
- Steve Silsby (FHS - '72) of NC
- 05/31/06
Thanks, Steve! |
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