United States Post Office (Michigan City, Indiana)

Michigan City Post Office
Michigan City Post Office, July 2010
Location126 E. 5th St., Michigan City, Indiana
Coordinates41°43′5″N 86°54′3″W / 41.71806°N 86.90083°W / 41.71806; -86.90083
Arealess than one acre
Built1909 (1909), 1926, 1963
ArchitectTaylor, James Knox
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
NRHP reference No.00000675[1]
Added to NRHPJune 15, 2000

Michigan City Post Office is a historic post office building located at Michigan City, Indiana. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor and built in 1909. It is a one-story, Georgian Revival style brick and limestone building. It has a hipped roof behind a balustraded parapet and basement. A rear addition was built in 1926, and expanded in 1963. It housed a post office until 1973.[2]: 5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] It is located in the Franklin Street Commercial Historic District.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes J. Todd Gillette (April 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Michigan City Post Office'" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.