Bellamy, Alabama 36901 Post Office

This small post office was built circa 1905. It is featured site #3 in the Sumter County, Alabama Historical Points of Interest visitors brochure. This post office is located at 591 Pine St NE in Bellamy (GPS coordinates 32.449336, -88.133917). Source: …

Federal Building at Selma, AL (completed 1909; listed on the NRHP)

The Federal Building, originally the U.S. Post Office, was completed in 1909 from plans by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the Treasury 1897-1912. In front of the building is a free-standing memorial arch which was erected at the time of th …

HARVESTING Mural at Monroeville, Alabama Post Office

Inside the Monroeville, AL Post Office is a New Deal mural titled, “Harvesting”.  This oil-on-canvas painting shows a farmer using a three-mule team to pull a threshing machine across a wheat field.  The artist that painted the mural is Arthur L. Bairn …

Heiberger Post Office at Heiberger, AL (building built ca. 1895, Post Office operated 1904-1959)

This building was built circa 1895 approximately one-half mile south of its current location and served the community as a general merchandise store owned by William Fletcher Moore. The building was moved to its present location in 1904. Also during 19 …

Lowery Store at Burnt Corn, AL

This store was built by James K. Kyser who became the Postmaster in January 1891. The Burnt Corn Post Office was located in the back left corner of the store. The upstairs of the building once served as the Burnt Corn Masonic Lodge and it was the meeti …

Magnolia, Alabama 36754 Post Office (closed Oct. 1, 1982 and then re-opened following an outcry from the community)

In 1982, the community of Magnolia, AL received word from the United Postal Service at Montgomery that their post office would be closed on October 1st of that year. The community was shocked. A petition, signed by over 300 people who used the Magnolia …

Old Cohassett, Alabama Post Office in East Conecuh County

The date that this building was built is not known; however, it was prior to 1919 because this was when the post office closed. According to U.S. Postal records, the community of Cohassett (or Cohasset) was also called Sowell and Almarant. Sowell post …

Old Leroy, Alabama Post Office (established 1896)

Prior to 1896, before the Post Office was established, the town of Leroy had been called New Canaan, Possum Corner and Dogwood Level. The town got its present name when the eldest son of Capt. Robert Leroy Bowling, Theodore Cheseborough (T. C.) Bowling …

Old Sprott, Alabama Post Office (served the community over 100 years)

This small store contained the post office that served the Sprott, AL community for over 100 years – from 1881 until it was closed in 1993. The post office shared the building with L. B. Sprott General Merchandise. In 1941, Walker Evans and James Agee …

Old Uniontown, Alabama Post Office (built before 1869)

Reputedly, this was Uniontown’s original post office.  This structure was originally attached to the Houston house that was built before January 1, 1869.  When the house was torn down in the early 1970s, this room was saved and relocated to its present …

Sunflower, Alabama Post Office, zip code 36581

Sunflower is a small unincorporated community located in east Washington County. The Sunflower Post Office began operation in 1892 and served the community until it was closed in 2013. The small building that is shown was built sometime prior to 1936 a …

The Old Paul, Alabama Post Office (Conecuh County)

The community of Paul, AL in southeast Conecuh County was settled in the 1870’s by immigrants from South Carolina. The U.S. Paul Post Office was founded in 1907 and opened in 1908. A petition was submitted to the U.S. Postal Service requesting a Post O …