{"nrhp_refnum":"86002332","name":"US Post Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Town Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stamford","county":"Jones County","state":"TX","lat":32.94489172400006,"lon":-99.80249087199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story buff brick post office built in 1917 on the town square in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, designed in a Beaux Arts manner with concrete and wooden ornamentation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is both architecturally and historically significant at the local level. It is described as a perfectly preserved small Beaux Arts building and the best-preserved example of that style in Stamford. It also serves as a major civic landmark on the site of the town's first city hall.","narrative":"Standing in the middle of Stamford's town square, this small post office was built in 1917 of buff brick with concrete and wooden trim. Its design draws on Beaux Arts classicism: a pedimented central portico with Tuscan columns, a large fanlight over the entry doors, tall sidelights reminiscent of a Palladian window, and a projecting wooden cornice topped by a parapet that alternates brick sections with wooden balustrade. Inside, the lobby keeps many original furnishings and is lit by a small clerestory and large nine-over-nine wooden windows. Only modest changes have occurred, chiefly new aluminum-framed glass doors and metal screening over the windows. The building was listed for its architecture and its civic role. It occupies the site of Stamford's first city hall, a community focal point for more than eight decades, and serves as a place for mail, meetings and public announcements. It is the best-preserved example of its style in town.","period_of_significance":"1917","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Beaux Arts (with Neo-Classical Revival allusions)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as altered but in good condition; it remains the town's post office and is little changed from 1917 apart from new aluminum-framed glass doors and metal window screening.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.304853-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/9697/40969730/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002332.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002332/09ee135b99-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002332/09ee135b99-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamford_Texas_Post_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamford_Texas_Post_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969730","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001242"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jones-county/us-post-office-86002332/"}