136 E 1st Street

136 E 1st Street

St. Croix

New Richmond

1961

C. 1980, 1993

2018,2026

post office

International Style

Brick

No

The post office building was destroyed by the tornado in 1899 and then located in the new Epley Commercial Block, along with the St. Croix Telephone Company, located at 258 South Knowles Avenue. Rural delivery of mail from the New Richmond Post Office began in 1902. In 1921, the post office moved to occupy the first floor of the Hotel Richmond building, located at 105 South Knowles Avenue, and originally constructed in 1913 as a hotel and apartments. Carrier service of mail, within the City of New Richmond, was first introduced in 1946. In 1951, the federal government purchased land for a new post office building along East First Street. The land was not developed until 1958. The new post office was completed in 1961 at the cost of $85,000. The International style New Richmond Post Office, located at 136 East First Street, was closed in 2000, and the building was given to the City of New Richmond as an extension of the city’s Civic Center. A new post office building was then constructed at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and South Knowles Avenue. 2026: International style civic building is rectangular in plan and sheltered by a flat roof with metal coping and a continuous fascia band. The exterior walls are clad in brick veneer. The façade contains a recessed primary entrance sheltered by a flat-roofed canopy accessed by a short run of concrete steps with metal railings and flanked by bands of fixed and casement windows. The west elevation features bands of windows framed by precast concrete panels. A secondary entrance is sheltered by a flat-roofed canopy. A brick-clad addition extends from the south elevation and contains an overhead garage door and an additional entrance door.

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