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[Post Office Construction Site Looking South West]

Photograph of a post office construction site. There are some long stone pieces on the ground near workers by the post office windows. Lights are supported up in the air by safety lines. Other buildings surround the post office.

Date: October 2, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Roof Looking North]

Photograph of the roof and front of a post office in El Paso, under construction. The building has tall ionic columns in the front with two tall windows to the left and right. "United States Post Office" is written above the columns. There are wooden planks sprawled in front of the building, and other buildings are visible in the background.

Date: October 3, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Lobby Ceiling]

Photograph of the domed ceiling of the United States Post Office in El Paso, Texas. The decorative inside of the dome has an open hole in the center.

Date: July 1, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Construction Site Looking North West]

Photograph of a construction site for a post office with tall ionic columns and window slots. Cranes are inside the walls, and buildings are in the background. "United States Post Office" is engraved above the columns.

Date: April 2, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Construction Site Looking South East]

Photograph of a post office construction site. There are horses with wagons behind them next to men digging from a dirt pile. There are buildings visible behind the post office.

Date: November 2, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[North Rear Corner to Construction Site]

Photograph of the rear corner of a post office building still being constructed. A worker is wheeling in supplies through a large window on a slanted platform.

Date: June 18, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Looking North]

Photograph of a post office with tall ionic columns in front of the entrance, and "United States Post Office" engraved above the columns. It has some minor work being done on the front. There is a landline pole on each post office corner, and a few other buildings.

Date: December 2, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post Office Roof Looking North West]

Photograph of the roof and front of a post office in El Paso. The building has tall ionic columns in the front with two tall windows to the left and right. "United States Post Office" is written above the columns. Other buildings are in the background.

Date: May 3, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: El Paso Public Library

Beeville Post Office

In 1857, Michael Seeligson was the first postmaster at Beeville-on the Medio (originally Medio Hill in Goliad County), five miles northeast of the present town of Beeville. In the new county seat after 1889, the Beeville Post Office was moved several times. Opened on June 5, 1918, the present neoclassical building was built under Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, with Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. During construction, on May 7, 1917, contractor Robert B. Brown shot and k… more

Date: 1918

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

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