April 17, 1979 – The United States Post Office – located at 28 S. Linn Street in Iowa City – is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The original U.S. Post Office in Iowa City is a Beaux Arts-style building, built of Indiana Limestone in 1904. This post card from 1906 shows the original building before expansion in 1931. It remained the city’s central post office until 1975.
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