Reno Main Post Office

	U.S. Post Office-Reno Main
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	50 S. Virginia St., Reno, Nevada
Coordinates	39°31′29″N 119°48′39″W / 39.52472°N 119.81083°W
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1933
Built by	MacDonald Engineering Co.
Architect	DeLongchamps, Frederick J.
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	US Post Offices in Nevada MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000135
Added to NRHP	February 28, 1990

The Reno Main Post Office, at 50 S. Virginia St. in Reno, Nevada, was built in 1933. It was designed by Nevada architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps and built by the MacDonald Engineering Co., of Chicago, at cost of $363,660. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. as U.S. Post Office-Reno Main.^[1]^[2]

It has been deemed "an outstanding example of a combined post office and federal office building for a medium-sized city."^[2]^: 3 And, according to its 1990 NRHP nomination it is the sole post office built by the U.S. government in all of Nevada that has Art Deco/Moderne styling, but it is overall "Starved Classical" in style.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c H.J. "Jim" Kolva and Steve Franks (February 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Reno Main Post Office / Reno Downtown Station". National Park Service. and accompanying photos

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] H.J. "Jim" Kolva and Steve Franks (February 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Reno Main Post Office / Reno Downtown Station". National Park Service. and accompanying photos

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