Postcard
Post Office
| Text on front reads: "Post Office, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1913 of Bedford Limestone in the Neoclassical style. It has an impressive portico, supported by six Doric columns, and a copper and stained glass dome. It served as the Post Office from 1914 until 1962, then became the First National Bank of Waukesha. In 2001 it opened as a meeting and banquet facility and as of 2022, it is called The Rotunda, a wedding venue. |
| Image ID: | 150777 |
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| Creation Date: | 11 17 1941 |
| Creator Name: | E.C. Kropp Co. |
| City: | Waukesha |
| County: | Waukesha |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Divided back. 1¢ stamp. #3440. |
| Columns |
| Stairs |
| Stone buildings |
| Flowers |
| Shrubs |
| Trees |
| Lawns |
| Cities and towns |
| Sidewalks |
| Postal service |
| Lampposts |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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