Post Office & Telephone Services Building

Post Office
1820 Avenue I
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Timeline

1959 Constructed
Dec. 2006 Post Office demolished
Aug. 2008 Telephone Services demolished

Namesake

None

Architect

Unknown

Contractor(s)

Unknown

Post Office

An aerial photograph shows the housing units on the eastern border of campus.


Post Office

A photograph from March 2006 of the post office and telephone services building between Wilson and Frels.


Post Office

The telephone services building amidst the creation of Bearkat Plaza.


Post Office

The telephone services building after the creation of Bearkat Plaza.


Post Office

In August 2008, the remaining structure from the row of residential buildings along Avenue I was removed from campus.


Sources

[1] New Building, New Look, New Degrees Approved by Regents (May 19, 2006)

This one-story, 2,943-square-foot building was originally considered part of the Frels Apartment unit according to older campus maps. In later years it served as offices for the Frels, Wilson, and Rix apartment buildings and then offices for other university departments.

After renovations in the mid-1990s the southern portion of the building became the university Post Office. Campus mail functions moved to a temporary building near the art complex in August 2006. A new campus post office was scheduled to open within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences building [1].

The telephone services portion of the building remained standing after the post office was razed to prepare for Bearkat Plaza. Once telecommunication equipment was moved to Academic Building One the building was demolished.

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