US Post Office
Town Sq., Stamford, TX<p>The U.S. Post Office in Stamford is both architecturally and historically significant. It is a perfectly preserved example of a small Beaux-Arts building from the early twentieth century, as well as a major local landmark and civic structure.</p><p>Stamford contains a few examples of the closely related Neo-Classical Revival and Beaux Arts styles. Beaux Arts was popular with designers of public buildings in the U.S. before World War I. The Stamford building is a good example of how this style was interpreted on a small structure to produce an imposing and pleasing appearance for the post office.</p><p>The best-preserved example of this style in town is the U.S. Post office, built in 1917 in the very center of the city, on the town square. The Post Office building was built on the site of Stamford's first city hall building and occupies a spot that has been a community focal point for over eight decades. As in any small town, Stamford's Post Office is a major civic and social facility. It not only serves as a point of delivery for the mail but is a meeting place, has bulletin boards for public announcements, and was intended to be an architectural showpiece for the town. It is a significant structure in the city and has been for over 65 years.</p>
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.