Old Post Office (Iowa City, Iowa)

Old Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, Iowa
Coordinates	41°39′38″N 91°31′52″W / 41.66056°N 91.53111°WCoordinates: 41°39′38″N 91°31′52″W / 41.66056°N 91.53111°W
Built	1904
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	79000905[1]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1979

The Old Post Office is a Beaux Arts-style building in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, United States.^[1] Built of Indiana Limestone in 1904, the post office was expanded in 1931. It remained the city's central post office until 1975, when a new facility was built. After two years of vacancy, it was bought by the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center; it was selected over other sites due to its central location. Four years of renovations, concluded in September 1981, resulted in its opening as a senior center.^[2] On April 17, 1979, midway through the renovation, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1] Today, the center serves thousands of area residents monthly; nearly 90,000 visits were made to the center in 2003, of whom approximately 2/3 were lower-income.^[2]

References

1. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2004-06-03. Accessed 2009-02-21.