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| Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print | | Wickenburg in Maricopa County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest) |
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The Old Brick Post Office
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| | | |  By Bill Kirchner, March 19, 2010 | |
| | | 1. The Old Brick Post Office Marker | | | Inscription. The Old Brick
Post Office
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior Location. 33° 58.152′ N, 112° 43.932′ W. Marker is in Wickenburg, Arizona, in Maricopa County. Marker is on Frontier Street, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 144 North Frontier Street, Wickenburg AZ 85390, United States of America. Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Henry Wickenburg (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Everett Bowman (about 400 feet away); Garcia School (about 600 feet away); The Jail Tree (about 600 feet away); Vulture Mine (approx. 2.3 miles away); Wickenburg Massacre (approx. 3.8 miles away); Vulture Gold Mine (approx. 11.8 miles away); Congress, Arizona (approx. 14.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Wickenburg. Also see . . . The Old Brick Post Office is Stop Number 4 on the Wickenburg Virtual Walking Tour:. The Old Brick Post Office – 1930:
Before the time of the covered sidewalks a single window served the people arriving on horseback to get their mail. This may have been the forerunner of the drive-in window. (Submitted on April 6, 2010.)
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| | | |  By Bill Kirchner, March 19, 2010 | |
| | | 2. The Old Brick Post Office Marker | | |
| | | | |  By Bill Kirchner, March 19, 2010 | |
| | | 3. The Old Brick Post Office | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on April 4, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 491 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 4, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page. | | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print |
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