212 No. 9th Street

(Also formerly known first as Oak Street, then as Center Street)

Address: 212 North 9^th Street

Legal Description:

Building: Post Office

Note: To see more details information about post offices and postmasters see U. S. Government--Post Office

Photo courtesy of Bill Turek

1940 The new post office was built in the Colonial Revival style.. It moved here from 140 No. 9^th.

1941 A mural entitled “Building a Sod House” was painted on the south wall of the south wall of the post office. The mural is fourteen feet by five feet in size and depicts a pioneer family starting a sod home in the desert county. The work was by Edward Chavez. The mural was placed here under the direction of the Federal Works Agency.

1992 The post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Basement

1962 Fillmore County Extension Service, Elbert Loewenstein

1965 Fillmore County Extension Service, Richard Mohrman.

1969 Fillmore County Extension Service, Rick Adkins

1971 Fillmore County Extension Service, Gary Whiteley

1983 Fillmore County Extension Service moved to 972 G Street.

1983-84 Diet Center of Geneva, Ltd

1985 Wildcat Enterprises, Dennis Devine

1985-87 Geneva Chiropractic, Dr. Kenneth Alley

1989-90 Deke Lavern Insurance

1999 Computer Technology Services, Mike Haumont, proprietor.

2001 Avis Accounting, Steve Avis

2019 Vacant--no longer used

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