Post Offices
Post Offices
1873 The first post office was located in a residence in the country. David Lee was the postmaster. His salary was $12 per year. The mail route ran from Dewitt to Empire and was carried on horseback or team and wagon.
1873 James Shepherd and Calvin Bane were postmasters.
1874 The second post office was located at 942 or 948 Court Street at the location of the Shepherd and Pike store, the Geneva branch of the main store at Fairmont.. This building was moved north of the alley on North 9th and used as a hotel in 1877.
1874 Silas Camp was postmaster.
1876 Samuel Bane was postmaster.
1877 Silas Camp and George Lowry were postmasters.
1878 John A. Dempster was postmaster at 972 G.
1881 Sherwood Burr was postmaster.
1883 An addition was built east of the post office for Mr. Jones’ restaurant.
1883 Mabel Mahon had a news and periodical stand in the building.
1884 The post office was located in the Northrup Building at 117 No. 9th.
1885 A new building was built at 117 No. 9th that housed the Citizens Bank and the post office. H. H. Martin got the contract for building the new bank and post office.
1885 William H. Cooksey was postmaster.
1886 The old post office building occupied by a meat market was moved next to the new post office on Center street to make room for a brick building on Court street.
1889 William H. Stewart was postmaster.
1890 The post office was moved to the center of the street while the new Citizen’s Bank was being built. After the building was built, the post office was located in the north part of the building with the address of 125 No. 9th.
1893 Jere Donovan was postmaster.
1894 Charles E. Summers was postmaster.
1897 Martin V. King was postmaster.
1901 Rural delivery services were established with two rural carriers at a salary of $500 per annum.
1902 Charles A. Warner was the postmaster.
1905 The Post office moved to the Picard Building at 139 No. 9th.
1907 Hattie Little was the postmaster.
1912 The Boston Store next door to the post office had a fire. The post office suffered damage, but no mail was destroyed. The post office was temporarily moved to the Geneva State Bank while repairs were made.
1916 Henry P. Wilson was the postmaster.
1923 Sanford E. Ralsten was the postmaster.
1926 The post office moved across the street to the north suite of offices in the new brick building erected by Geneva State Bank.
1929 City delivery service was established.
1933 George Koehler was the postmaster.
1940 A new government-owned post office building built in the Colonial Revival style was completed at 212 North. 9th Street.
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.
1945 Thomas Keenan was the postmaster.
1947 Charles E. Rock was the postmaster.
1958 Ben D. Fussell was the postmaster.
1973 Elroy Bartels was the postmaster.
1974 Edward Divis was the postmaster.
1979 Cyrill S. Klas was the postmaster
1980 Donald Mefford was the postmaster.
Gary Boese was the postmaster.
1983 William H. Brayman was the postmaster.
1984 Roger V. Jacobsen was the postmaster.
1992 The post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
2007 LeAnn Tvrdy was the postmaster.
2008 Larry Norquest was the postmaster.
2008 Jason Harms was the postmaster.
This was ongoing as of the last posting.