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NR Nomination
Inventory Form
LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
750 Commercial St
historic name:
United States Post Office & Custom House
Astoria, Clatsop County
current/other names:
US Post Office
assoc addresses:
(Skyview Dr)
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
8N 9W 8
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
2.0
total elig resources:
1
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
eligible/significant
NR Status:
Listed Individually & in Hist Distr
prim constr date:
1933
second date:
date indiv listed:
03/04/1985
primary orig use:
Post Office
orig use comments:
second orig use:
Customs House
primary style:
Classical Revival: other
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Stone:Other/Undefined
siding comments:
secondary siding:
Stone:Other/Undefined
plan type:
architect:
Wetmore, James A (Dept Of Treasury)
builder:
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
Astoria Downtown Historic District (1883-1947)
Listed Historic District
06/22/1998
Significant US Post Offices In Oregon -- 1900-1941 (TR)
MPS
03/01/1985
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
03/04/1985
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s):
None
Special Assess Project(s):
None
Federal Tax Project(s):
None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records
Census Records
Property Tax Records
Local Histories
Sanborn Maps
Biographical Sources
SHPO Files
Interviews
Obituaries
Newspapers
State Archives
Historic Photographs
City Directories
Building Permits
State Library
Local Library:
University Library:
Historical Society:
Other Respository:
Bibliography:
