Property Name:UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Resource Name:YUKON POST OFFICE
Address: 900 GARTH BROOKS BOULEVARD
City: YUKON
Vicinity: None
County: Canadian
Lot: None
Block: None
Plate Name: None
Section: 19
Township: 12N
Range: 5W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Post Office
Current Function: Post Office
Area of Significance 1: Art
Area of Significance 2: No Data
Description of Significance: THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT WARRANT FURTHER STUDY ON THE BASIS OF ITS AGE AND ITS ART.
Document Source: SITE VISIT 2004.
Name Preparer: ALYSON GREINER
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: THEMATIC SURVEY OF NEW DEAL ART
Date Prepared: 9/19/2004
Photograph: Yes
Year: 2004
Arch build: UNKNOWN
Year Built: C. 1984
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 70
Other Arch Style: Not Applicable
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Uncollected
Wall material 1: Stucco
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: FIXED
Window Material: No Data
Door Type: DOUBLE GLAZED
Door Material: Aluminum
External Features: ONE STORY
Internal Features: THE MURAL, "THE RUN, APRIL 22, 1889--TAKING THE LEAD" HANGS ON THE WEST WALL BEHIND THE COUNTER. IT WAS DESIGNED AND PAINTED IN 1941 BY DAHLOV IPCAR FOR THE SECTION.
Des Detail: NONE
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: THIS ONE-STORY POST OFFICE WAS BUILT IN THE 1980S TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL POST OFFICE DOWNTOWN. THE FACADE IS SYMMETRICAL AND CONSISTS OF FOUR LARGE BAYS DIVIDED HORIZONTALLY WITH A WIDE ENTABLATURE AND A RANK OF SLIGHTLY RECESSED WINDOWS .
Comments: THE MURAL WAS MOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION IN THE OLD POST OFFICE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS ONE WAS COMPLETE.
Placement: NW CORNER OF GARTH BROOKS AND FIRST PLACE
Listed on National Registry?: No
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2016-08-10 11:31:11.000
Latitude: 35.49599
Long: -97.76067
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
